Legal Opinion

Buettner v. Industrial Commission

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided July 3, 1953PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.

Appellant concedes that if there is any credible evidence to support the findings of the commission, its order must be affirmed, Milwaukee E. R. & L. Co. v. Industrial Comm. (1936), 222 Wis. 111, 267 N. W. 62; and that unless the disability be shown to have resulted from an occupational disease, its cause must be found in an accident in order to warrant the award of compensation, even if the physical effort involved in the work made some contribution to the final disability, Schmitt v. Industrial Comm. (1937), 224 Wis. 531, 272 N. W. 486.

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1936
  2. Employers Mutual Liability Insurance v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1933
  3. Schmitt v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1937
  4. Skelly v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1949

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. R. T. Madden, Inc. v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human RelationsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1969
  2. Lewellyn v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human RelationsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1968
  3. Cutler-Hammer, Inc. v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1958
  4. Brown v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1960
  5. Theisen v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1959

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