Milwaukee Coke & Gas Co. v. Industrial Commission
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray Steveus, Circuit Judge. Action to set aside an award of tbe Industrial Commission requiring tbe appellant company to pay to Pauline Dixon $3,000 on account of tbe death of ber busband, Thomas Dixon, caused by accident while in tbe employ of tbe appellant company. Tbe circuit court affirmed tbe award, and tbe plaintiff company appeals.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray Steveus, Circuit Judge. Action to set aside an award of tbe Industrial Commission requiring tbe appellant company to pay to Pauline Dixon $3,000 on account of tbe death of ber busband, Thomas Dixon, caused by accident while in tbe employ of tbe appellant company. Tbe circuit court affirmed tbe award, and tbe plaintiff company appeals. Tbe facts are that Dixon, on March 23, 1912, was working for tbe plaintiff in its yards at Milwaukee as an engineer on a switch engine. He was working on tbe night shift and was relieved at…
1Opinion of the Court
WiNsnow* C. J.
In this case it is held:
1. If the deceased fell becarise the apron was smooth and unsteady, then his fall was clearly the result of a hazard incident to his employment and was an industrial accident for which indemnity may be recovered under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Hoenig v. Industrial Comm. 159 Wis. 646, 150 N. W. 996.
2. The payment of $1.56 to the deceased for the one day’s work lost by reason of his disability and the execution by him of a release by which he released the company from all claims “which I may have” under the Compensation Act does not…
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- Hoenig v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1915
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