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BRICKSON v. ILHR DEPARTMENT

No. 45.

40 Wis.2d 694 (1968)

162 N.W.2d 600

BRICKSON, Respondent, v. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, LABOR & HUMAN RELATIONS and another, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided November 26, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations the cause was argued by James P. Altman, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

For the appellants Ray-O-Vac, Inc., and Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company there was a brief by Hart, Kraege, Wightman, Bieber & Thurow of Madison, and oral argument by Walter D. Thurow.

For the respondent Olga Brickson there was a brief by Lloyd A. Schneider of McFarland, and Frederick F. Hillyer of Madison, and oral argument by Mr. Hillyer.

HEFFERNAN, J.

The commission made the following findings of fact:

"That on October 28, 1966, the applicant fell when passing from a washroom into a hallway on the premises of the employer; that the floor of the washroom was level with that of the hallway and there was no threshold or riser of any kind in the doorway; that the floor of the washroom was tile and that of the hallway of asphalt composition; that at the time of the fall no water or any other foreign...

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