Hakkinen v. Northern Advertising Co.

Plaintiff appeals an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board.

Plaintiff was a signboard painter employed by defendant Northern Advertising Company. While installing an angle iron to a sign, standing on a ladder twelve feet above the ground, he came into contact with a live electric wire owned by Lake Superior District Power Company and fell to the street sustaining injuries.

Employers Mutual Insurance Company, the workmen’s compensation insurer for Northern Advertising Company, paid plaintiff benefits, his hospitalization costs and his medical costs.

Plaintiff and his wife instituted…