Legal Opinion
Wisconsin Electric Power Co. v. Labor & Industry Review Commission
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 22, 1999No. 97-2747-FTPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtN. Patrick Crooks, J.
¶ 1. Petitioner, the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC), seeks review of a decision of the court of appeals reversing LIRC's determination that Wisconsin Electric Power Company (WEPCO) must pay almost $750,000 in worker's compensation benefits for injuries suffered by one of its former employees, Scott Overbye (Overbye). LIRC held that under the "traveling employee" statute, Wis. Stat. § 102.03(1)(f)(1995-96), 2 injuries sustained by Overbye in a car accident following his attendance at a business-related seminar in Texas occurred within the course of his employment and thus were…
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