Legal Opinion

State Young Men's Christian Ass'n v. Industrial Commission

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided May 10, 1940PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFairchild, J.

In claims for compensation both employer and employee must give consideration to the employment agreement, including of course reasonable implications, and keep within the provision of the statutes that liability shall exist only where, at the time of the injury, the employee is performing service growing out of and incidental to his employment. Sec. 102.03 (1) (c), Stats. Neither the Industrial Commission nor the courts have the power to go beyond the bounds fixed by the law upon the subject. In determining whether an injury suffered while playing a game is to be compensated, the deciding…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Smith v. Seamless Rubber Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
  2. Industrial Commission v. AhernOhio Supreme Court · 1928
  3. Metropolitan Life Ins. v. ContieOhio Supreme Court · 1928
  4. Clark v. Chrysler CorporationMichigan Supreme Court · 1936
  5. Brienen v. Wisconsin Public Service Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1917

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Matter of Wilson v. General Motors Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1949
  2. Hansen v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1951
  3. American Motors Corp. v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1957
  4. Bruns Volkswagen, Inc. v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human RelationsCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1982
  5. Gibbs Steel Co. v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1943

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