EAU CLAIRE ELECTRIC CO-OP. v. INDUSTRIAL COMM.


10 Wis.2d 209 (1960)

EAU CLAIRE ELECTRIC CO-OPERATIVE, Appellant, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

April 5, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief and oral argument by Darrell O. Hibbard of Eau Claire.

For the respondent Industrial Commission the cause was argued by Mortimer Levitan, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was John W. Reynolds, attorney general.


FAIRCHILD, J.

The only issue in the proceeding before the commission was whether compensation admittedly due is to be increased by 15 per cent under the provisions of sec. 102.57, Stats. That section provides in part:

"Where injury is caused by the failure of the employer to comply with any statute or any lawful order of the commission, compensation and death benefits as provided in this chapter shall be increased 15 per cent."

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