La Crosse Lutheran Hospital v. Oldenburg

The order appealed from overrules the demurrer of defendant La Crosse Rubber Mills Company (“LRM”) to an action brought by the plaintiffs hospital and clinic to recover medical expenses incurred by an employee of LRM resulting from an injury allegedly incurred in the course of her employment, and therefore alleged to be compensable under the workmen’s compensation statutes, ch. 102, Stats. The issue on appeal is: Does one who furnishes medical services to an employee have a cause of action against the employer where the liability of the employer under the workmen’s compensation act is alleged…