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MAAHS v. INDUSTRIAL COMM.

25 Wis.2d 240 (1964)

MAAHS, Respondent, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION and others, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

October 26, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant Industrial Commission the cause was argued by Gordon Samuelsen, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was George Thompson, attorney general.

For the other appellants there were briefs by W. L. Jackman and Hart, Kraege, Jackman & Wightman, all of Madison, and oral argument by W. L. Jackman.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by Frederick F. Hillyer of Madison.

GORDON, J.

The principal problem in the instant case is whether an employee's deviation from his employment for the purpose of satisfying his personal curiosity defeats coverage. There are two Wisconsin decisions which unmistakably assert the strict rule that an employee breaks the master and servant relationship when he momentarily steps aside from his employment for the purpose of satisfying an idle curiosity. In Peterman v. Industrial Comm. (1938), 228 Wis...

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