Fritschler v. Industrial Commission

The facts are not in dispute. On April 12, 1930, plaintiff’s husband, Gust Fritschler, was employed by Joe Kopschinski, who was doing construction work for the Tomahawk Kraft Paper Company. The contract work was that of constructing a brick wall inclosing a building already in existence. Fritschler and several other employees of Kopschinski were working on a scaffold platform which extended out seven feet from the brick wall being constructed. A high-tension wire carrying 44,000 volts ran along the building parallel with it at a distance of sixteen feet therefrom. While Fritschler and several…