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DISCHER v. INDUSTRIAL COMM.

10 Wis.2d 637 (1960)

DISCHER, Respondent, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION and another, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 7, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant International Harvester Company there were briefs by Otjen & Otjen of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Carl Neprud Otjen.

For the appellant Industrial Commission the cause was argued by Mortimer Levitan, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was John W. Reynolds, attorney general.

For the respondent there was a brief by Goldberg, Previant & Cooper of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Albert J. Goldberg.

FAIRCHILD, J.

Ch. 328, Laws of 1953, became effective July 1, 1953. It substantially restricted the right of an employee to recover workmen's compensation for occupational loss of hearing. It amended sec. 102.52 (17) and (18), Stats., so that deafness is a scheduled permanent partial disability (irrespective of wage loss) only if it results "from accident or sudden trauma." Sec. 102.565 was amended so that when an employee...

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