Gansch v. Nekoosa Papers, Inc.

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, Gansch v. Nekoosa Papers, Inc., 152 Wis. 2d 666, 449 N.W.2d 307 (Ct. App. 1989), affirming a judgment of the circuit court for Wood county, Dennis D. Conway, Circuit Judge, awarding damages to plaintiff Randy Gansch against Nekoosa Papers for personal injury.

The issue is whether the exclusive remedy provision of the Worker's Compensation Act bars the plaintiff from recovering damages in a tort action against Nekoosa Papers because he is either an employee of Nekoosa Papers 1 or an employee of a temporary help agency under secs.…