Wisconsin Axle Division v. Industrial Commission

The brief of the attorney general in behalf of the commission contends that the original stipulation was based on a “stipulation of settlement” and inasmuch as the word “compromise” did not appear therein, therefore, under the provisions of sec. 102.16 (1), Stats., the six-year limitation in sec. 102.17 (4) applies; and that the so-called “additional” order of January 5, 1945, had the effect of starting a new six-year period of limitation in operation, so that the *534application of the employee filed April 24, 1950, for further benefits fell within such new six-year period. It is the position of…