Voswinkel v. Industrial Commission

The following opinion was filed November 9, 1938:

Nelson, J.

The facts are not in dispute. Caroline W. D. Voswinkel, hereinafter called the “plaintiff,” was, on May 27, 1936, sixty-seven years of age.' She was a cripple, having but one limb. She walked with a crutch. On the morning of that day, while walking across the lobby of the Young Women’s Christian Association building in Madison, for the purpose of leaving her room key at the desk, she encountered a wet spot on the floor. Pier crutch slipped and she was precipitated to the floor. Her fall resulted in the fracture of both the radius and…