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SPERBECK v. ILHR DEPARTMENT

No. 19.

46 Wis.2d 282 (1970)

174 N.W.2d 546

SPERBECK, Respondent, v. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, LABOR & HUMAN RELATIONS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided March 6, 1970.

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 briefs was Robert W. Warren, attorney general.

For the respondent there was a brief by Lawton & Cates and Bruce F. Ehlke and John C. Carlson, all of Madison, and oral argument by Mr. Carlson.

CONNOR T. HANSEN, J.

Respondent's husband, John Sperbeck, was forty-six years old when he suffered a heart attack and died on February 11, 1967. At that time Sperbeck had been employed for sixteen years as a fireman by the city of Fond du Lac. On the day of his death, Sperbeck had not been working but had been spearfishing with his son and two friends. He returned home, and that evening suffered the fatal heart attack. An autopsy was performed which resulted in the...

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