VAN POOL v. INDUSTRIAL COMM.


267 Wis. 292 (1954)

VAN POOL, Appellant, vs. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 8, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief and oral argument by Clyde M. Paust of Milwaukee.

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.


FAIRCHILD, C. J.

Where injury is caused by the failure of an employer to comply with any statute or any lawful order of the commission, provision is made in sec. 102.57, Stats. 1949, for increasing compensation and death benefits 15 per cent. Order No. 3518 of the commission's general orders on safety in construction, in effect at the time of the injuries involved here, is set out in the foregoing statement of facts. The question is raised as to whether the findings...

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