Legal Opinion
Christopher Kieninger v. Crown Equipment Corporation
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided March 20, 2019No. 2017AP000631PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDaniel Kelly, J.
*174 *4 ¶1 Messrs. Christopher Kieninger and Dewayne Meek tell us that Wisconsin's statutes and regulations require their employer to pay them for the time they spend driving a company-provided vehicle between their homes and their assigned jobsites. Because our laws do not impose such an obligation, we reverse the court of appeals.
*5 I. BACKGROUND
¶2 Crown manufactures industrial equipment, including forklifts. It employs field service technicians ("Technicians") throughout Wisconsin to service that equipment. Technicians travel to customers' locations in Crown's vans, which are stocked with the…
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