Skuey v. Bjerkan

Certiorari to review an order of the industrial commission awarding compensation.

The employe was injured while working as a sawyer on a portable sawmill operated by the employer. The insurer, not the employer, seeks to evade liability upon the ground that the occupation in which the injury occurred was not covered by the policy which limits the coverage. Our inquiry is whether, under our compensation law, the coverage may be limited solely by agreement between the insurer and the insured.

Concededly the coverage may be limited to certain occupations of the employer, which are actually written…