Brown v. Labor & Industry Review Commission

¶ 1. This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals. The circuit court affirmed the order of the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC), which held that Reliance Insurance Company, the insurer, did not act in bad faith when it suspended temporary total disability benefit payments to Kelly Brown, the employee, prior to the termination of his healing period. See Wis. Stat. § 102.18(l)(bp) (2001-2002) (establishing penalty in an award for bad faith); Wis. Admin. Code § DWD 80.70(2) (Nov. 2002) (defining bad faith).

¶ 2. The court of appeals reversed the order of the circuit…