PETERSON v. INDUSTRIAL COMM.


269 Wis. 44 (1955)

PETERSON, Special Administratrix, Appellant, vs. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION and another, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 8, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief and oral argument by Ormund W. Capener of New London, attorney, and Frederic C. Eberlein of Shawano of counsel.

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.


CURRIE, J.

The sole issue on this appeal is whether the accident arose out of the employment.

Mrs. Minnie Freeman who was the city clerk of the defendant city of New London sustained a broken right hip as a result of falling on the concrete sidewalk in front of the New London city hall on her way to work on the morning of January 16, 1951. Four months later she suffered a paralytic stroke from cerebral apoplexy which may have been due to a blood clot resulting...

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