Freeman v. Krause Milling Co.

The sole issue to be determined is whether the plaintiff, Freeman, the injured workman, was a loaned or a special employee of the defendant, Krause Milling, at the time of the injury.

The court has consistently applied the same test, in the past several years, to determine whether an individual workman was a loaned or special employee. This test was recently reiterated in Huckstorf v. Vince L. Schneider Enterprises (1968), 41 Wis. 2d 45, 50, 163 N. W. 2d 190:

“ ‘The essential tests to be applied in determining whether a loaned employee retains his employment with his original employer, or…