Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Co. of Wisconsin v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

WREN, Judge.

In this review of an award of the Industrial Commission we are called upon to determine the scope of the Commission’s jurisdiction over and the extent of its inquiry into settlements proposed by the parties before it.

Herbert M. Munson, the injured employee, sustained a severe head injury when he fell from the running board of a co-employee's pickup truck. Mr. Munson was immediately transported to a hospital emergency room. His condition was diagnosed as a complex linear fracture of the left parietal area and an avulsion laceration of the scalp. Surgery was performed, but as…