Vasquez v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations

The applicant alleges two prejudicial errors in the commission proceedings: (1) The commission erred when it based its decision on the hearing examiner’s incomplete synopsis of the evidence; and (2) a certain medical report was improperly admitted.

Examiner's Synopsis.

A review by the industrial commission on the basis of an examiner’s synopsis constitutes a permissible and proper review of the evidence under sec. 102.18 (3), Stats., which requires that the commission’s action be based on a review of the evidence submitted. 2 This procedure is predicated partly on the proposition that the…