Legal Opinion
Tracie L. Flug v. Labor and Industry Review Commission
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 30, 2017No. 2015AP001989PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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DANIEL KELLY, J.
Trade L. Flug suffered from two medical conditions — a soft-tissue strain, and a degenerative disc disease. The first was work-related (and has since resolved), the second is not. She underwent surgery in the belief it was necessary to treat her work-related soft-tissue strain. In actuality, it was treating the unrelated degenerative disc disease. The procedure left her with a permanent partial disability. Ms. Flug tells us Wal-Mart (her employer) must compensate her for this permanent partial disability because she believed, in good-faith, that the disability-causing…
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- Lewellyn v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human RelationsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1968
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