BRIGGS & STRATTON CORP. v. ILHR DEPARTMENT

No. 331.

43 Wis.2d 398 (1969)

168 N.W.2d 817

BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, LABOR & HUMAN RELATIONS and another, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 27, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Brady, Tyrrell, Cotter & Cutler, attorneys, and Elwin J. Zarwell and Michael J. Spector of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Spector.

For the respondent Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations the cause was argued by Gordon Samuelsen, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Robert W. Warren, attorney general.

For the respondent Gladys E. Richards there was a brief by Goldberg, Previant & Uelmen, attorneys, and Thomas N. Tylicki of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Tylicki.


HEFFERNAN, J.

The Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations made the following findings of fact:

"That the applicant sustained injury on December 19, 1966, while walking down an aisle at work; that her foot was suddenly stopped; that as she fell she struck her left knee on the floor with sufficient force to extensively fracture the patella to the extent that an orthopedic surgeon determined it could not...

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