Legislation Moving Forward to Plug 'Hole in the Grand Bargain'

A pair of bills that advocates say would fix “a hole in the grand bargain” in Wisconsin is speeding through the state legislature. Senate Bill 781 and Assembly Bill 884 were introduced in response to a Jan. 9 ruling by the state Court of Appeals, District 3, regarding a temp worker who was killed in a car accident on the job. The court decision allowed the estate of worker Carlos Rivera to sue the company for whom Rivera had been assigned to work. Rivera’s employer was Alex Drywall, which assigned him to work for Alpine Insulation. Alpine paid Alex Drywall for Rive...