Green Bay Packaging, Inc. v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations

In this workmen’s compensation case the sole issue is whether the defendant Arthur Majeske, the immediate employer of Marcin Siemzuch, the deceased husband of the claimant Maria Siemzuch, was a “contractor under” the respondent Green Bay Packaging, Inc., within the meaning of sec. 102.06, Stats. The circuit court reversed a determination to that effect by the Department of Industry, Labor, and Human Relations. We reverse, concluding, as a matter of law, that Arthur Majeske was such a “contractor under.”

The facts in this case are essentially undisputed. Marcin Siemzuch was employed by Arthur…