123.14 Cases in which it was established that the Complainant was an individual with a disability

[Ed. Note: The Complainants in the following cases were found to be individuals with disabilities. That does not mean that every individual who has one of these conditions meets the legal definition of an individual with a disability. Depending on how the impairment affects the individual, it might or might not be considered a disability. A Complainant must establish through credible and competent evidence how or to what degree their symptoms make achievement unusually difficult in order to establish that they have a disability. Sections 123.3 & 123.11 of this Digest summarize cases regarding the requirements for establishing that an individual has a disability within the meaning of the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act.]


ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS)	Racine Unified Sch. Dist. v. LIRC, 164 Wis. 2d 567, 476 N.W.2d 707 (Ct. App. 1991).
ALCOHOLISM	Squires v. LIRC, 97 Wis. 2d 648, 294 N.W.2d 48 (Ct. App. 1980). Bachand v. Connecticut Gen. Life, 101 Wis. 2d 617, 305 N.W.2d 149 (Ct. App. 1981). Connecticut Gen. Life v. DILHR, 86 Wis. 2d 392, 273 N.W.2d 206 (1979).
ALLERGIES	Wodack v. The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Soc. (LIRC, 08/05/05). (perceived disability) Fellie v. Cent. Colony (LIRC. 12/06/77), aff’d sub nom. Fellie v. LIRC (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 10/20/78).
ANXIETY/PANIC DISORDER	Castro v. Cnty. Of Milwaukee (LIRC, 12/20/11). Kinion v. Portage Comm. Schs. (LIRC, 0919/03).
ARM CONDITION	Bartle & Conlon v. Jack Links Beef Jerky (LIRC 02/09/06). Nord v. City of Milwaukee (LIRC, 10/06/83).
ARTHRITIS	Cave v Milwaukee Cnty. (LIRC, 01/30/14).
ASTHMA	Chicago, Milw., St. Paul & Pacific R.R. v. DILHR (Goodwin), 62 Wis. 2d 392, 215 N.W.2d 443 (1974).
ATTENTION DEFICIT	Geller v. Heartland Lakeside Joint #3 School Dist. (LIRC, 03/27/09). Stone v. UW System (Wis. Pers. Comm’n, 03/12/03)
BACK CONDITION	Gilbertson v. Wingra Red-Mix, Inc. (LIRC, 12/10/2020), aff'd sub nom. Wingra Redi-Mix v. LIRC (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 10/21/21), aff'd Wingra Redi-Mix Inc. v. LIRC and Gilbertson, 2023 Wisc. App. LEXIS 620, 408 Wis. 2d 563, 993 N.W.2d 715, petition for cert. filed July 7, 2023. Nesovanovic v. A.C. Spark Plug (LIRC, 04/17/80). See v. Vollrath (LIRC, 09/11/79). City of Appleton v. LIRC (Parker) (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 07/09/79). Kram v. Milwaukee County (LIRC, 02/23/79). Bucyrus-Erie v. DILHR, 90 Wis. 2d 408, 280 N.W.2d 142 (1979). Kropiwka v. Olin (DILHR, 10/23/75), aff’d on other grounds sub nom. Kropiwka v. DILHR, 87 Wis. 2d 709, 275 N.W.2d 881 (1979). Wippert v. Jaeger Baking (LIRC, 12/09/77). Coates v. High Ridge Hosp. (LIRC, 11/04/77). Hoadley v. Olin (DILHR, 10/23/75), aff’d sub nom. Olin v. DILHR (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 07/11/77). Ham v. Int’l Harvester (LIRC, 06/14/77). Mears v. Western Weighing (DILHR, 09/04/75), aff’d sub nom. Western Weighing v. DILHR (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 05/09/77). Karcheski v. Jim’s Arctic Locker (DILHR, 10/05/76). Gill v. Wetzel Bros. (DILHR, 09/20/76). Stanke v. Int’l Wire (DILHR, 08/18/76) Johnson v. Milwaukee Police & Fire Comm’n (DILHR,10/23/75).
BALANCE ISSUES	Staudinger v. Cnty. of Manitowoc (LIRC, 12/11/18).
BIPOLAR DISORDER	Carlson v Wis. Bell, Inc. (LIRC, 02/19/15). Maeder v Univ. of Wis.-Madison et al (LIRC, 06/28/13) Goldsmith v. Sears Roebuck & Co. (LIRC, 06/29/06)
BLINDNESS (see "Vision Impairments")
CANCER	Ninke v. Chrysler Outboard (DILHR, 12/30/75), aff’d sub nom. Chrysler Outboard v. DILHR (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 11/01/76). Esch v. Milwaukee County (DILHR, 09/06/74).
CEREBRAL PALSY	Tews v. Public Service Comm’n (Wis. Pers. Comm’n, 06/29/90).
DEAFNESS (see "Hearing Impairments")
DEPRESSION	Castro v. Cnty of Milwaukee Sheriff's Dep't(LIRC, 12/20/11)(depression, anxiety, and post traumatic stress disorder) Kinion v Portage Comm. Schs. (LIRC, 09/19/03).
DIABETES	Lehr v. The Salvation Army (LIRC, 04/16/13) Goldsworthy v. Elite Marble Co. (LIRC, 10/15/04.) Tofte v. DOT (LIRC, 10/03/77). Carter v. Wis. Elec. (LIRC, 12/20/76). Seim & Hammer v. Fraser Shipyards (DILHR, 12/18/75), aff’d sub nom. Fraser Shipyards v. DILHR, (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 11/29/76).
DYSLEXIA	Horner v. Village Square Apts. (LIRC, 05/21/91), aff'd Horner v. LIRC (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 10/01/1992).
ECZEMA (see "Skin Conditons")
EPILEPSY	Ewerdt v. Bruswick Corp. (LIRC, 04/29/20). Alt v Meriter Hosp., Inc. (LIRC, 03/27/96) Samens v. LIRC, 117 Wis. 2d 646, 345 N.W.2d 432 (1984). Reddick v. Snap-On-Tools (LIRC, 09/02/82). Nordstrom v. LIRC (City of West Allis) (Milwaukee Co. Cir. Ct., 09/24/80). Alt v. DOA (LIRC, 05/23/80). Chicago & N.W. R.R. v. LIRC (Pritzl), 98 Wis. 2d 592, 297 N.W.2d 819 (1980).
EYE SIGHT (see "Vision Impairments")
FIBROMYALGIA	Ford v. Lynn’s Hallmark (LIRC, 06/27/05).
HAND CONDITION	Boynton Cab v. DILHR, 96 Wis. 2d 396, 291 N.W.2d 850 (1980). Duesterbeck v. Pinkerton’s (DILHR, 06/14/77), aff’d sub nom. Pinkerton’s v. DILHR (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 08/14/78).
HEADACHES	Chicago, Milw., St. Paul & Pacific R.R. v. DILHR (Goodwin), 62 Wis. 2d 392, 215 N.W.2d 443 (1974).
HEARING IMPAIRMENTS	Parker v Dane Cnty. (LIRC, 11/10/03). Willett v. Delco Electronics (LIRC, 01/17/90). Loy v. Copps Dept. Store (LIRC, 10/15/82). Martin v. Consolidated Papers (LIRC, 02/22/79). Buyatt v. C.S. Transport (LIRC, 07/25/77). Karcheski v. Jim's Arctic Locker (DILHR, 10/05/76).
HEART CONDITION	Pokrass v. LIRC (Applied Power) (Waukesha Co. Cir. Ct., 08/20/81). Colovic v. Wis. Elec. (LIRC, 08/30/78). Chunat v. Olin (LIRC, 11/04/77). Adams v. Soo Line R.R. (LIRC, 06/23/77). Eggers v. Soo Line R.R. (DILHR, 12/19/75), rev’d on other grounds sub nom. Soo Line R.R. v. DILHR (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 02/25/77). Berndt v. City of Wis. Rapids (DILHR, 07/03/76), aff’d sub nom. City of Wis. Rapids v. DILHR (Wood Co. Cir. Ct., 07/08/76). Lienhardt v. Pacon (DILHR, 01/21/76).
HERNIAS	Stevens v. Nat’l Cash Register (LIRC, 08/30/77).
HERNIATED DISC	Fields v. Cardinal TG Co.(LIRC, 02/16/01).
HYPERTENSION (high blood pressure)	Green v. Bucyrus-Erie (LIRC, 11/23/83). Lade v. Milwaukee County (LIRC, 10/05/77), aff’d sub nom. Milwaukee County v. LIRC (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 09/07/78). Janssen v. Milwaukee County (DILHR, 10/12/76, aff’d sub nom. Milwaukee County v. DILHR (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 10/20/77). Carter v. Wis. Elec. (DILHR, 12/20/76).
KIDNEY CONDITION	Lowenberg v. LIRC (UW-Parkside) (Ct. App., Dist. II, unpublished opinion, 08/26/83). Dairy Equip. v. DILHR, 95 Wis. 2d 319, 240 N.W. 330 (1980). Von Haden v. Univ. Meats (LIRC, 10/23/78).
KNEE CONDITION	Novotny v. DOT (LIRC, 07/30/80), dismissed on other grounds sub nom. Novotny v. LIRC, (Waukesha Co. Cir. Ct., 01/28/82). Chicago & N.W. R.R. v. LIRC (Fish), (Ct. App., Dist. I, unpublished opinion, 02/13/81). Burgner v. LIRC (Fraser Shipyards), (Ct. App., Dist. III, opinion, 08/26/80).
MENTAL IMPAIRMENT	Stats v. County of Sawyer (LIRC, 10/27/97). Jacobus v. Wis. Pers. Comm’n (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 01/11/93). Jacobus v. UW-Madison (Wis. Pers. Comm’n, 03/19/92). Norris v. DILHR, 155 Wis. 2d 337, 455 N.W.2d 655 (Ct. App. 1990). Fruewald v. City of Milwaukee (LIRC, 12/18/81). Broeske v. American Can (LIRC, 02/16/79).
MIGRAINE HEADACHES	Satorius v. Wis. Dep't of Corr. (LIRC, 01/31/17). Stelloh v. Wauwatosa Savings Bank (LIRC, 06/19/12). Geen v. Stoughton Trailers (LIRC, 09/11/03).
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS	Cave v. Cnty. of Milwaukee (LIRC, 1/30/14).
NARCOLEPSY	Salzer v. Briggs & Stratton, (LIRC 07/26/96). City of River Falls v. LIRC (Pierce Co. Cir. Ct., 01/07/86).
NECK CONDITION	Eberhart v. Pepsi-Cola (DILHR, 11/03/76).
NOSE CONDITION	Milwaukee Web Pressman’s Union v. Journal (DILHR, 11/24/75), aff’d sub nom. Journal v. DILHR (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 11/01/76).
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER	Wal-Mart Stores v. LIRC, 2000 WI App 272, 240 Wis. 2d 209,621 N.W.2d 633.
PARAPLEGIA	Crystal Lake Cheese Factory v. LIRC, 2003 WI 106, 264 Wis. 2d 200, 664 N.W.2d 651.
PSYCHONERUOSIS WITH DEPRESSION	Colloton v. Prudential (DILHR, 03/31/75).
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS	Cave v. Cnty. of Milwaukee (LIRC, 1/30/14). Hammersley v. Packerland Packing (LIRC, 04/14/77). Stark v. Westmoreland Manor (DILHR, 08/06/76). Mitchell v. J.C. Penney (DILHR, 08/12/75), aff’d sub nom. J.C. Penney v. DILHR (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 03/22/76).
SEIZURES	Kirch v. LIRC (Germania Dairy) (Iowa Co. Cir. Ct., 07/12/83).
SHOULDER CONDITION	DHSS v. LIRC (Johns) (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 11/28/79).
SKIN CONDITION	Mercury Marine v. DILHR (Poeschl), (Ct. App., Dist IV, unpublished opinion, 10/04/83).
SLEEP APNEA	Target Stores v. LIRC, 217 Wis. 2d 1, 576 N.W.2d 545 (Ct. App., 1998) Tews v. Pub. Serv. Comm’n (Wis. Pers. Comm’n, 06/29/90).
SPASMS	MacWhyte v. LIRC (Hix) (Kenosha Co. Cir. Ct., 07/03/79).
STUTTERING	Johnson v. Milwaukee Fire & Police Comm’n (DILHR, 11/18/76).
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY	Oldenburg v. Triangle Tool Corp. (LIRC, 02/20/18), aff’d sub. nom. Triangle Tool Corp. v. LIRC and Oldenburg (Milwaukee Co. Cir. Ct. 02/18/19).
TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK ("TIA")	Purnell v. Wilderness Walk (LIRC, 09/20/95), aff’d sub nom. Purnell v. LIRC, (Ct. App., Dist. III, unpublished decision, 01/14/97).
TUBERCULOSIS	Anderson v. Dep’t of Agric. (LIRC, 09/29/77) aff’d sub nom. Dep’t of Agric. v. LIRC (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 05/25/78).
UVEITIS	Williams v. All Saints Healthcare Sys. (LIRC, 08/14/09).
VISION IMPAIRMENTS	Grinkey v. Brown County Sheriff’s Dep’t (LIRC, 02/08/88). Brown County v. LIRC, 124 Wis. 2d 560, 369 N.W.2d (1985). Frito-Lay v. LIRC, 101 Wis. 2d 169, 303 N.W.2d 668 (1981). Krueger v. A.C. Spark Plug (LIRC, 10/24/79), dismissed on other grounds, (LIRC, 06/12/80). Walther v. County of Waukesha (LIRC, 03/05/80). City of Madison Police & Fire Comm’n v. LIRC (Scott) (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 10/22/79). Fischer v. Alma Center Dist. No. 3 (DILHR, 11/01/76), rev’d on other grounds sub nom. Fischer v. DILHR, (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 02/14/79). Teggatz v. DHSS (LIRC 10/03/77), rev’d on other grounds sub nom. Teggatz v. LIRC (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 08/18/78). Doetze v. Chicago & N.W. Transp. (DILHR, 12/13/76), aff’d sub nom. Chicago & N.W. Transp. v. DILH (Dane Co. Cir. Ct. (05/12/78). Graf v. Babcock & Wilcox (DILHR, 12/14/76). Freiberg v. Wis. Elec. (DILHR, 10/01/76). Heath v. Briggs & Stratton (DILHR 04/14/76). Anderson v. Pinkerton’s (DILHR, 07/17/73).
WRIST CONDITION	Bullock v. Milwaukee County (LIRC, 10/15/82)