ICKE CONSTRUCTION CO. v. INDUSTRIAL COMM.


30 Wis.2d 63 (1966)

ICKE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, Defendant and Appellant: THORLTON, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 4, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant Industrial Commission the cause was argued by Beatrice Lampert, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

For the respondent there was a brief by Stroud, Stebbins & Stroud, and oral argument by C. Vernon Howard, Jr., all of Madison.


FAIRCHILD, J.

Sec. 102.57, Stats., provides:

"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. Failure of an employer reasonably to enforce compliance. By employes with such statute or order of the commission shall constitute failure by the employer to comply with such statute or order."

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