Verhaagh v. Labor & Industry Review Commission

Kenneth Verhaagh appeals a circuit court judgment affirming a determination by the Labor & Industry Review Commission, which denied him a default order based upon his employer’s, Brillion Iron Works, failure to file a timely answer to his complaint and LIRC's determination that his current medical problems are unrelated to his employment with Bril-lion. Verhaagh contends that LIRC erred by refusing to grant a default order when it made no finding that the failure to file a timely answer was the result of a mistake, inadvertence, or excusable neglect and further that there is no substantial…