by Erik Gunn - Wisconsin Examiner
A Racine manufacturer acted reasonably when it withdrew a job offer from an applicant convicted of domestic violence, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
In a 4-3 decision, Justice Jill Karofsky stated that Cree Lighting didn’t discriminate unlawfully when it rescinded its offer to hire Derrick Palmer in 2015 after the company learned of his conviction three years earlier in violent attacks on his girlfriend that included strangulation and sexual assault.