123.15 Cases in which certain conditions were found not to be disabilities

[Ed. Note: The Complainants in the following cases failed to establish that they were individuals with disabilities within the meaning of the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act. This does not mean that other individuals with these conditions may not be able to establish that they are persons with a disability within the meaning of the Act. 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.]


ALLERGIES	Fair v Basic Metals, Inc. (LIRC, 12/21/06). Gramza v Kwik Trip, Inc. (LIRC, 02/20/03).
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION	Sikorski v Amtek Gears, Inc. et al (LIRC, 12/10/12).
ASTHMA	Gruss v. County of Dane (LIRC, 08/13/2019). Doepke-Kline v. LIRC, 2005 WI App 209, 287 Wis. 2d 337, 704 N.W.2d 605.
CANCER	Polinski v Hypro, Inc. (LIRC, 08/08/15). Kaye v. City of Milwaukee (LIRC, 09/30/08).
CATARACTS	Flores v. Amcast Corp. (LIRC, 10/13/94).
CERTAIN ARM CONDITIONS	Kaye v City of Milwaukee (LIRC, 09/30/08). Parrish v. DHSS, (Wis. Pers. Comm’n, 10/23/90).
BROKEN RIBS	Pierson v. A & E Mfg. (LIRC, 05/03/79).
BRONCHITIS	Doepke-Kline v. LIRC, 2005 WI App 209, 287 Wis. 2d 337, 704 N.W.2d 605. Terrell v. Pabst Brewing (LIRC, 03/04/81).
CHIPPED ELBOW	Pizl v. Waukesha Bearing (LIRC, 03/09/83).
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE	Kanter v. Ariens Co. (LIRC, 09/23/05).
DEGENERATIVE/RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS	Valdes v Harley Davidson Motor Co., Inc. (LIRC, 10/27/06). Rauls-Hepp v. J.L. French Corp. (LIRC, 09/30/05).
DIABETES	Alamilla v City of Milwaukee (LIRC, 06/28/13). Seil v. Dairy Farmers of America (LIRC, 08/26/05). Ford v. Lynn's Hallmark, Inc. (LIRC, 06/27/05). Flores v. Amcast Corp. (LIRC, 10/13/94).
DEPRESSION	Harris v Charter Comm., LLC (LIRC 03/13/20). Engelbert v. Humana, Inc. ( (LIRC, 09/28/10). Valdes v Harley Davidson Motor Co., Inc. (LIRC, 10/27/06). Sobrofski v Taco Bell of America, Inc. (LIRC, 05/27/05).
FIBROMYALGIA	Berton-Train v Woodman's (LIRC, 05/31/17). (fibromyalgia and other claimed impairments) Kubiak v. Child & Family Consultants of Green Bay (LIRC, 01/19/07).
FOOT CONDITION	Burge-Milner v Dep't of Veterans Affairs (LIRC, 11/11/15). Smith v Actuant Corp. (LIRC, 07/27/07). Lester v. Compass Group USA (LIRC, 03/22/05).
GESTATIONAL DIABETES	Goodrich v. Duro Paper Bag Mfg. Co. (LIRC, 02/14/92).
HAND INJURY	Lockington v. La Crosse Rubber Mills (LIRC, 04/08/81).
HEARING IMPAIRMENTS	Esau v. Interconnect Communications (LIRC, 04/30/12). Gouge v. Randy's Family Restaurant (LIRC, 06/27/08). Bader v. Stokely USA, Inc. (LIRC, 04/23/01).
HEIGHT AND WEIGHT	Elmhorst v. Sch. Dist. of Neillsville (LIRC, 10/31/05). Alexander v. Aldridge, Inc. (LIRC, 10/21/91). AMC v. LIRC (Basile), 119 Wis. 2d 706, 350 N.W.2d 120 (1984). Lade v. Milwaukee County (LIRC, 10/05/77), aff’d on other grounds sub nom. Milwaukee County v. LIRC (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 09/07/78).
MIGRAINE HEADACHES	Berton-Train v Woodman's (LIRC, 05/31/17) (migraines and other impairments). Besaw v. Winnebago Co. Landfill (LIRC, 11/30/12). Fields v. State of Wis. UW Hosp. & Clinics Auth. (LIRC, 02/12/07). Wucherpfennig v. Personal Dev. Ctr. (LIRC, 06/29/06).
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS	Draeger v. Kliss Quick Serv. (LIRC, 09/30/05).
MUSCULOSKELETAL STRAIN OR SPRAIN	Reinke v. Pick ’n Save Food Centers (LIRC, 01/28/00). Plizka v. A.O. Smith (DILHR, 08/09/75). Rick v. Fore Way Express (LIRC, 07/25/85).
OCCASIONAL HEADACHES, EARACHES and BREATHING DIFFICULTIES	Rasmussen v. DHSS (Wis. Pers. Comm’n, 12/29/82).
PANIC DISORDERS	Ryback v. Wis. Phys. Serv. (LIRC, 05/31/13). Rybicki v DJ Convenience, LLC (LIRC, 8/20/10). Schultz v. CNH Capital Corp. (LIRC, 05/08/06). Smith v. Aurora Health Care (LIRC, 08/25/00.)
PEPTIC SYNDROME	Murphy v. Roundy’s (LIRC, 10/21/93).
PNEUMONIA	Keith v. AFK (LIRC, 08/14/81).
PREGNANCY	Goodrich v. Duro Paper Bag Mfg. Co. (LIRC, 02/14/92). Kimberly-Clark Corp. v. LIRC, 95 Wis. 2d 558, 291 N.W.2d 584 (Ct. App. 1980).
PROBLEMATICAL PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS	Jacobsen v. DHSS (Wis. Pers. Comm’n, 10/16/92).
VENERIAL DISEASE	Johnson v. Dutchland Dairy (LIRC, 10/11/79)