Miller Brewing Co. v. Labor & Industry Review Commission

Miller Brewing Company (Miller) and its compensation carrier, National Union Fire Insurance (National Union) (collectively, the "Appellants") appeal from a judgment dismissing their action for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.1 The circuit court found that the Appellants' failure to join another of Miller's compensation carriers, Twin City Fire Insurance Company (Twin City), as an adverse party in its action for judicial review of a Labor and Industry Review Commission (the "Commission") ruling under sec. 102.23(1)(a), Stats., deprived the court of competency to exercise its subject-matter…