SIMONS v. INDUSTRIAL COMM.


262 Wis. 454 (1952)

SIMONS, Appellant, vs. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

November 5, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth E. Worthing, attorney, and J. W. Calhoun of counsel, both of Fond du Lac, for the appellant.

For the respondent Industrial Commission there was a brief by the Attorney General and Mortimer Levitan, assistant attorney general, and oral argument by Mr. Levitan.

R. A. Huevler of Milwaukee, for the respondent Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company.


MARTIN, J.

Appellant contends that the entire trip from Mineral Point to Fond du Lac to Milwaukee was caused by, resulted from, and was incidental to the single purpose of carrying out the employer's business. The trial court held that at the time of the accident decedent had deviated from the course of his employment to accomplish a purely personal objective, that of having his wife's parents take care of his children.<...

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