Byers v. Labor & Industry Review Commission

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, CHIEF JUSTICE.

¶1. This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals reversing a judgment of the Circuit Court for Burnett County, James H. Taylor, Judge. The court of appeals held that Wis. Stat. § 102.03(2)(1991-92), 2 the exclusive remedy provision of the Worker's Compensation Act, bars Janet Leigh Byers, the petitioner, from bringing a claim against Northern Manufacturing Company under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act, Wis. Stat. Ch. Ill, Subch. II, for employment discrimination on the basis of sex.

¶ 2. The sole issue presented is whether Wis. Stat. §…