Laffin v. Chemical Supply Co.

The issue is whether the president and plant superintendent of the employer company were coemployees of the injured plaintiff and liable for affirmative causal negligence as third parties under the Worker’s Compensation Act.

From the pleadings and affidavits in support of and in opposition to the motion for summary judgment, the following undisputed material facts appear.

In June, 1972, the plaintiff-appellant, Vernon Laffin, was employed as a maintenance man by Wausau Metals Corporation. On June 22d he was working on a bulk acid storage and dispensing system when a puncture in the system…