Milwaukee Malleable & Grey Iron Works v. Industrial Commission

The statutes, as they were before the amendment of 1933, did not provide for an award *248in such a case as this. The trend of opinion as reflected in legislation and judicial opinion, was toward the recognition of a relationship between employer and employee under certain circumstances that amounted to a status, and it was indicated in decisions in this court that this status might be the •basis of a valid claim during intervals when the employee was not actually present at his work. This court, so far as it could with propriety, suggested needed legislation. In 1933, sec. 102.01 (2), Stats.,…