Guse v. A. O. Smith Corp.

It is undisputed that plaintiff’s wife was employed by defendant and in the course of her employment she was injured on May 9, 1944, through negligence of the defendant’s employees; and that she suffered a broken back and a severed spinal cord, causing permanent and total paralysis of her body from that point downward. Defendant and its workmen’s compensation insurer are paying workmen’s compensation benefits to her or for her benefit as provided in ch. 102, Stats.,— the Workmen’s Compensation Act (hereinafter called the “act”)- — including medical, surgical, hospital, and nursing expenses…