Karges v. Industrial Commission
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray SteveNS, Circuit Judge. The appeal is from a judgment of the circuit court remanding proceedings to the Industrial Gommission. The plaintiff was injured July 6, 1915, while in the employ of the defendant National Terra Gotta & Window Gleaning Company, and became entitled thereby to compensation from such employer under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray SteveNS, Circuit Judge. The appeal is from a judgment of the circuit court remanding proceedings to the Industrial Gommission. The plaintiff was injured July 6, 1915, while in the employ of the defendant National Terra Gotta & Window Gleaning Company, and became entitled thereby to compensation from such employer under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. He was employed as a window cleaner, and to keep him from falling used an appliance in the shape of a belt strapped around his body with two snaps attached to…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed April 24, 1917:
Eschweilee, J.
The material parts of the Workmen’s Compensation Act necessary for consideration here are those relating 'to the scale of compensation and found in sec. 2394 — 9, Stats., as follows:
“(2) If the accident causes disability, an indemnity which shall be payable as wages on the eighth day after the injured employee leaves work as the result of the injury, and weekly thereafter, which weekly indemnity shall be as follows:
“(a) If the accident causes total disability, sixty-five per cent, of the average weekly earnings during the period of…
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