Bloomer Brewery, Inc. v. Industrial Commission

The objection of the employer to the award is based on the ground that the employee is responsible for his being placed in a prohibited employment. That he was a party to cheating his way into the position must be admitted. It must also be admitted that good reasons exist for the expressions indulged in by the trial judge in announcing his ruling that the order should be set aside. But these reasons and respondent’s objection to the award must give way to a more cogent and controlling, ground. Back of the statute invoked lies the idea of protecting the child. The law might have been drawn…