INDIANHEAD TRUCK LINES v. INDUSTRIAL COMM.


17 Wis.2d 562 (1962)

INDIANHEAD TRUCK LINES, INC., and another, Appellants, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

October 30, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief by Schlotthauer, Jenswold & Reed, attorneys, and Robert R. Studt of counsel, all of Madison, and oral argument by John F. Jenswold.

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

For the respondents Petroleum Transport Company and Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company there was a brief by Wickham, Borgelt, Skogstad & Powell, attorneys, and Clayton R. Hahn of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Hahn.

For the respondent Conley there was a brief and oral argument by James G. Sisolak of Milwaukee.


GORDON, J.

The employee, Walter Conley, had a record of previous back difficulty. He first had complaints in 1954 and saw a doctor at that time. Back pain caused him to be away from work four or five days in 1957, and two years later he had additional back trouble and was obliged to obtain a lumbosacral belt.

With that history the question is raised on this appeal whether the episode of January 8, 1960, constituted...

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