Legal Opinion
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Labor & Industry Review Commission
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided November 22, 2000No. 99-2632PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDeininger, J.
¶ 1. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., appeals an order which affirmed a determination by the Labor and Industry Review Commission that Wal-Mart had discriminated against James Schneider by terminating his employment because of his disability.1 Wal-Mart claims the commission erred in several of its findings and conclusions, but we address only one of the claimed errors inasmuch as it is dispositive. We agree with Wal-Mart that, because there was no expert testimony establishing that the behavior for which Schneider was fired was caused by his mental illness, the commission erred in finding that Wal-Mart…
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