Bystrom Bros. v. Jacobson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dan© county: E. Bay SteveNS, Circuit Judge. The action was to test an award made by the Wisconsin Industrial Commission in favor of defendant Uric Jacobson. The award was sustained.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dan© county: E. Bay SteveNS, Circuit Judge. The action was to test an award made by the Wisconsin Industrial Commission in favor of defendant Uric Jacobson. The award was sustained. Tbe Commission made tbe award and it was confirmed on tbis state of facts, as indicated in a memorandum wbicb sucb Commission filed in tbe proceeding as a basis for its conclusion : “May 16, 1914,” Eric Jacobson “was in tbe employ of” Bystrom Brothers “laying cement blocks. He was at work under tbe porch of a residence, and in attempting to lift a block weighing…
1Opinion of the CourtMaeshall, J.
Tbe question raised in tbis case is whether tbe injury for wbicb compensation was granted was “proximately caused by accident” within tbe meaning of those words, in sub. (3), sec. 2394 — 3, of tbe Workmen’s Compensation Law. On behalf of appellant, it is contended that tbe statute calls for an accident in tbe sense of tbe application of some violence or external force to tbe person of tbe workman, that a physical ill caused by tbe labor tbe workman is engaged in is not sufficient.
It is considered that tbe term “accident” as used in tbe Workmen’s Compensation Act has a much broader…
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