Legal Opinion
Lopez v. Labor & Industry Review Commission
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided February 21, 2002No. 01-0165PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VERGERONT, PJ.
¶ 1. Jesus Lopez appeals the circuit court's order affirming a decision of the Labor and Industry Review Commission. LIRC determined that Lopez's physical assault of another co-worker constituted "misconduct" and denied Lopez unemployment insurance benefits. Lopez contends that the physical assault was not misconduct because there was sufficient provocation after Lopez had endured months of the co-worker's harassing comments about Lopez's national origin and Lopez's employer had failed to stop the harassing behavior despite Lopez's complaints. We conclude that LIRC's decision…
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