Opinion ID: 6321818
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The circumstances of Cree's job

Text: ¶35 As an Applications Specialist at Cree, Palmer would have been working in and have access to most of Cree's large facility alongside over 1,000 coworkers. As his place of work, the layout and characteristics of Cree's facility are accompanying or accessory fact[s], event[s], or condition[s], of Palmer's particular job with Cree.17 See Circumstance, Black's Law Dictionary 306 (11th ed. 2019). Some portions of the facility are heavily populated but other portions are secluded. The facility is extremely loud in places, which could cover the sounds of a struggle. While some portions of the facility are covered by security cameras, the cameras are largely located at entrances and exits and in places where injuries are likely to occur. 17The dissent misreads Wis. Stat. § 111.335(3)(a)1., suggesting that the circumstances of the particular job narrowly means circumstances unique to that particular job. That uniqueness limitation appears nowhere in the statue. Cree's Racine facility is a circumstance of this particular Application Specialist job, in the way that a different facility where a different Application Specialists might work is not particular to the position Cree offered Palmer. That other employees in other jobs at Cree might share the same space does not change the fact that the shared facility is a circumstance of this particular Applications Specialist job. Nor does it matter that Cree expected an Applications Specialist to be in a particular part of the facility; the record is clear that, despite the expectation, Palmer could still access much of the facility. 26 No. 2019AP1671 ¶36 The Applications Specialist position works largely independently and with no day-to-day supervision. Palmer would have been expected to interact with co-workers and customers regularly. By providing pre and post sales customer support, Palmer would have been subject to deadlines and responsible for satisfying customer demands. Because of the independent nature of his position, he would have been expected to provide some level of conflict resolution between Cree and its customers.18 Applications Specialists must occasionally assist customers at their facilities in uncontrolled and unpredictable environments. For example, they work with industrial accounts . . . building new facilities, such as an office building, a school, a retail establishment, or an automotive dealership[.] Palmer, No. 201502651, at 12. Trade shows would have required Palmer to travel with no supervision, giving him access to rental cars and hotel rooms. Id. at 4.