Porter v. Industrial Commission
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeals from judgments of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray Stevens, Circuit Judge. ■ These actions, which are presented together, arose from the application of the defendant, A. A. Porter, for an award of compensation. In one case A. A. Porter is plaintiff, in the other the Wisconsin State Register Company is plaintiff.
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Appeals from judgments of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray Stevens, Circuit Judge. ■ These actions, which are presented together, arose from the application of the defendant, A. A. Porter, for an award of compensation. In one case A. A. Porter is plaintiff, in the other the Wisconsin State Register Company is plaintiff. A. A. Porter, president and chief stockholder of the Wisconsin State Register Company, suffered a severe injury to one of his eyes while waiting on a customer in the stock room of the Wisconsin State Register Company. He made claim for compensation before the…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecker, C. J.
The fundamental issue in these actions presents the inquiry, Did the Industrial Commission correctly find that the plaintiff, Porter, at the time he sustained the injury to his eye in November, 1916, was not an employee of the Wisconsin State Register Company within the contemplation of the workmen’s compensation act? • The trial court held that the undisputed facts permit of but one inference, namely, that he was an employee of the company when he suffered the injury to his eye. Sec. 2394 — 7, Stats., defines the term “employee” as used in the workmen’s compensation act: “(4) Every person in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Noer v. G. W. Jones Lumber Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1920
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