LAFFIN v. CHEMICAL SUPPLY CO.

No. 75-275.

77 Wis.2d 353 (1977)

253 N.W.2d 51

LAFFIN, and another, Appellants, v. CHEMICAL SUPPLY CO., and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 3, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Donald L. Bach, Burt P. Natkins and DeWitt, McAndrews & Porter, S. C. of Madison.

For the respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of W. Thomas Terwilliger, Terwilliger, Wakeen, Piehler, Conway & Klingberg, S. C. of Wausau.


BEILFUSS, C. J.

The issue is whether the president and plant superintendent of the employer company were coemployees of the injured plaintiff and liable for affirmative causal negligence as third parties under the Worker's Compensation Act.

From the pleadings and affidavits in support of and in opposition to the motion for summary judgment, the following undisputed material facts appear.

In June, 1972, the plaintiff-appellant, Vernon Laffin, was employed...

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