E. F. Brewer Co. v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations

This is a worker’s compensation case. Eugene Arndt, an employee of E. F. Brewer Company, claimed that he sustained a hernia while at work as a brazier. Following a hearing before an examiner of the Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations (DILHR), the injury was held to be compensable.

The employer and the insurance carrier petitioned for department review of the examiner’s findings and order. By order dated May 22,1975, the examiner’s findings and order of compensability were affirmed. An action for review was commenced in the circuit court for Dane county. The court affirmed the…