Legal Opinion

Heileman Brewing Co. v. Shaw

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided October 26, 1915PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Eay SteveNS, Circuit Judge. This is an action to set aside an award of the Industrial Commission requiring the appellant company to pay to Huida, Shaw $3,000 on account of the death of her husband, James Shaw, caused by accident while in the employ of the appellant company. The circuit court affirmed the award and the plaintiff company appeals.

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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Eay SteveNS, Circuit Judge. This is an action to set aside an award of the Industrial Commission requiring the appellant company to pay to Huida, Shaw $3,000 on account of the death of her husband, James Shaw, caused by accident while in the employ of the appellant company. The circuit court affirmed the award and the plaintiff company appeals. The decedent had been employed as night workman by the plaintiff company. His duties consisted mainly of cleaning up after the day force had left and turning on the steam in the…

1Opinion of the CourtSiebecker, J.

The Industrial Commission found that the decedent at the time of the accident was in plaintiff’s employ and “performing services growing out of and incidental *445to bis employment,” and that be “accidentally sustained personal injury, wbicb said injury caused bis death. . . .” Tbe Commission properly concluded from tbe evidence that decedent’s duties under plaintiff’s employment required of bim performance of services witbin tbe various parts of tbe bottling bouse. In passing on tbe claim for compensation tbe Commission declared that “tbe circumstances sbow an accidental injury” and that “there…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Milwaukee Western Fuel Co. v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1915
  2. International Harvester Co. v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Northwestern Iron Co. v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1915

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. G. L. Eastman Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com.California Supreme Court · 1921
  2. Mailman's CaseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1919
  3. Morgan v. Butte Central Mining & Milling Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1920
  4. Westman's CaseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1919
  5. Czuczko v. Golden-Gary Co., Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1931

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