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Employers Who Utilize Temporary Or Loaned Employees Are Now Potentially Liable For Third Party Claims Brought By An Injured Employee

By: Daniel Pedriana, Joseph Birdsall and Claudia Harke On January 9, 2018, District III of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals decided that Wis. Stat. § 102.29(6)(b)1 allows an injured temporary employee to choose between filing a worker’s compensation claim and suing the temporary employer for tort damages. In Rivera v. West Bend Mutual, Carlos Rivera […]

Wisconsin Supreme Court Declares that Non-Solicitation of Employee Provisions are Governed by the Same Wisconsin Statute that Addresses Non-Compete Provisions

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By Oyvind Wistrom The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a landmark decision on Friday in the case of The Manitowoc Company, Inc. v. John Lanning, 2018 WI 6. The case represented the Court’s first opportunity to determine whether a Non-Solicitation of Employee (NSE) provision in a contract between an employer and an employee is governed by […]

LINDNER & MARSACK, S.C. NAMES SALLY PIEFER AS EQUITY PARTNER

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Lindner & Marsack, S.C., one of the region’s most respected and long-standing management-side labor and employment law firms, announced today the advancement of Sally Piefer to Equity Partner. Piefer, who joined Lindner & Marsack in 2016, specializes broadly in all areas of employment law matters with special emphasis in employment litigation, employment counseling and compliance […]

WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT DEFINES “SUBSTANTIAL FAULT” STANDARD FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND WORKER’S COMPENSATION MATTERS

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By: Daniel Finerty On May 4, 2017, the Wisconsin Supreme Court released a long–awaited decision in Lela Operton vs. LIRC, 2017 WI 46, the first Supreme Court interpretation of Wisconsin’s “substantial fault” standard. Operton held that, as a matter of law, the employee’s eight accidental or careless cash-handling errors over the course of 80,000 cash-handling […]

LINDNER & MARSACK, S.C. NAMES DANIEL FINERTY AS EQUITY PARTNER

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We are pleased to announce the advancement of Daniel Finerty to Equity Partner. Finerty joined Lindner & Marsack in 2012 and concentrates his legal practice on representing and counseling clients – including Wisconsin counties, cities, school districts, Native American tribes, tribally-owned businesses and private sector employers – in labor and employment litigation and compliance matters […]

GOVERNOR WALKER PROPOSES TO ELIMINATE THE LABOR AND INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION

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By: Jonathan T. Swain February 13, 2017 In his recently published proposed biennial budget for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, Governor Walker has proposed to eliminate the Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC). LIRC is an independent three member commission appointed by the Governor that currently handles all appeals of Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) […]

2017 Worker’s Compensation Gamble

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Lindner & Marsack’s worker’s compensation defense practice is well recognized as an industry leader in providing work injury defense services to many of Wisconsin’s largest employers and insurance carriers. Doug Feldman heads the Firm’s highly regarded work injury defense team and is a founding Board Member and current President of Kids’ Chance of Wisconsin. Kids’ […]

Governor Walker Officially Proclaims November 14-18 Kids’ Chance Awareness Week

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Kids’ Chance of Wisconsin, a non-profit organization that provides scholarships to children of seriously injured workers in Wisconsin, got a nod from Governor Scott Walker’s office with the official proclamation of November 14-18 as Kids’ Chance Awareness Week in Wisconsin. Lindner & Marsack, S.C., along with other partners, helped establish Kids’ Chance in Wisconsin in […]

Wisconsin Among 21 States to Challenge DOL’s New Overtime Rules

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By Sally A. Piefer With less than 90 days before the Department of Labor’s new white collar overtime rules take effect, Wisconsin is among a group of 21 states challenging the Final Rule. On May 18, 2016, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued Final Rules changing the eligibility for overtime for employees falling in the […]