International Harvester Co. v. Industrial Commission
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray Stevens, Circuit Judge. Ernest Koenig, an employee of the plaintiff, was injured on March 5, 1912, by reason of a particle of. steel entering one of his eyes. The piece of steel was removed by a magnet, hut the employee was incapacitated from working for a considerable length of time. He was paid for his loss of time while unable to work, and doctors’ bills, as provided in the Workmen’s Compensation Act.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray Stevens, Circuit Judge. Ernest Koenig, an employee of the plaintiff, was injured on March 5, 1912, by reason of a particle of. steel entering one of his eyes. The piece of steel was removed by a magnet, hut the employee was incapacitated from working for a considerable length of time. He was paid for his loss of time while unable to work, and doctors’ bills, as provided in the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The sight of the eye was not destroyed, but it was materially impaired, and the employee instituted this proceeding against…
1Opinion of the CourtBabhes, J.
The appellant makes the following contentions: (1) That unless the earning capacity of the claimant in the employment in which he was engaged at the time he was injured has been impaired, there can be no recovery for permanent disability; (2) that the undisputed evidence in the case affirmatively shows that there was no such impairment; and (3) that there is no support in the testimony for the finding of the Industrial Commission that there was.
1. The correctness of appellant’s first contention cannot be gainsaid. The statute, sec. 2394 — 10, Stats. 1911, provides that the loss in wages for…
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