Legal Opinion
Northern Coal & Dock Co. v. Industrial Commission
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided October 11, 1927PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed May 3, 1927 4
Rósenberry, J.
The Northern Coal & Dock Company, employer, and the deceased employee, Strand, were both under the workmen’s compensation act (ch. 102, Stats.). Were it not for the fact that the deceased sustained the injuries on board a vessel lying in navigable waters, from which he died, it is conceded that the dock company would be liable under the workmen’s compensation act. It is the contention of the dock company that the Commission had no jurisdiction to make an award in this matter for the reason that the death of Charles Strand was the…
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