Brenne v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations

The trial court directed the commission to reconsider the rule established in Barber v. Industrial Comm. (1942), 241 Wis. 462, 6 N. W. 2d 199. It is our conclusion that this should be done.

The particular statute involved is sec. 102.03, Stats., entitled Conditions of liability, which provides as follows:

“(1) Liability under this chapter shall exist against an employer only where the following conditions concur:

“(d) Where the injury is not intentionally self-inflicted.”

We deem the historical background and development of the law relating to workmen’s compensation death benefits from suicide to…