Cargill Feed Division/Cargill Malt v. Labor & Industry Review Commission

¶ 1. This case involves a worker's compensation claim, and the Labor and Industry Review Commission's determination that the injured worker, Charles Renz, a former employee of Cargill Feed Division/Cargill Malt, is permanently and totally disabled under the so-called "odd-lot" doctrine. "The odd-lot doctrine is a judge-made adjunct to the law of worker's compensation." Beecher v. LIRC, 2004 WI 88, ¶ 2, 273 Wis. 2d 136, 682 N.W.2d 29. Under the odd-lot doctrine, injured workers may be classified permanently and totally disabled even if they retain a small, residual capacity to earn income; if…