GIANT GRIP MFG. CO. v. INDUSTRIAL COMM.


271 Wis. 583 (1956)

GIANT GRIP MANUFACTURING COMPANY and another, Appellants, vs. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

January 10, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there were briefs by Welsh, Trowbridge, Wilmer & Bills, and oral argument by Richard J. Gould, all of Green Bay.

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.

For the respondents F. Butkiewicz & Sons and the Maryland Casualty Company there was a brief and oral argument by Robert J. Merklein of Milwaukee.


BROWN, J.

The so-called finding that each employer is liable for one half of the compensation and cost of treatment is really a conclusion of law, but one which necessarily results from a finding that the disability is caused by both accidents in equal shares, if that finding is valid.

The finding that each accident was 50 per cent of the cause of the disability commencing December 22, 1952, is a true finding of fact, and we must sustain it if the record shows...

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