Legal Opinion

Kill v. Industrial Commission

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided April 13, 1915PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Dane county: E. Rat Steveus, Circuit Judge. Tbe appeal is from a judgment confirming an order of tbe Industrial Commission dismissing tbe application of tbe appellant for compensation from tbe respondent Planhinton Packing Company. The appellant was employed as a tinsmith by the Packing Company in its plant. On April 16, 1913, he accidentally cut his left wrist.

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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Dane county: E. Rat Steveus, Circuit Judge. Tbe appeal is from a judgment confirming an order of tbe Industrial Commission dismissing tbe application of tbe appellant for compensation from tbe respondent Planhinton Packing Company. The appellant was employed as a tinsmith by the Packing Company in its plant. On April 16, 1913, he accidentally cut his left wrist. The respondent Packing Company sent him to a physician who treated him. On April 25, 1913, the wound was practically healed and the physician discharged him as cured. Saturday evening,…

1Opinion of the CourtKeewiN, J.

The contention of the appellant is that his present disabled condition is the proximate result, within the meaning of sec. 2394 — 3, Stats., of the injury received by him while in the course of his employment by the defendant Plankinton Packing Company, respondent; while on the other *552hand it is insisted that plaintiff recovered from the injuries sustained while in its employ, and that the infection which developed subsequent to the boxing bout came as a proximate result of that bout.

The claim of appellant is that.the Commission acted, in making the order of dismissal, in excess of its powers,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Brown v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
  2. Sutton v. Town of WauwatosaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1871
  3. City of Milwaukee v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1915
  4. Jucker v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
  5. Barton v. Pepin County Agricultural SocietyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Farmers Gin Co. v. CooperSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1930
  2. Manley v. American Packing Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1952
  3. Braun v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1967
  4. Winter v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1931
  5. Linder v. City of PayetteIdaho Supreme Court · 1943

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