Village of Prentice v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations

The sole issue on this appeal is whether Boho and Geng were employees for workmen’s compensation purposes at the time they sustained their injuries. This determination is a question of law if the facts are undisputed and if but one, if any, inference may reasonably be drawn from the evidence before the commission. On the other hand, it is well settled that “when facts are not in dispute but permit the drawing of different inferences therefrom, the drawing of one of such permissible inferences by the commission is an act of fact finding, and the inference so derived constitutes a finding of an…