Xcel Energy Serv., Inc. v. Labor & Industry Review Commission

¶ 1. We are again presented with a dispute concerning the meaning of Wis. Stat. § 102.23(l)(a), which requires that a party aggrieved by a decision of the Labor and Industry Review Commission name all adverse parties as defendants when seeking circuit court review.1 The Commission maintains that Xcel Energy Services, Inc.'s complaint must be dismissed on the ground that Xcel failed to name its worker's compensation insurance carrier as a party. We conclude that Miller Brewing Co. v. Labor & Industry Review Commission, 166 Wis. 2d 830, 480 N.W.2d 532 (Ct. App. 1992), aff'd 173 Wis. 2d 700, 495…