Court Opinion

ID: 9684865
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 14:16:47.547686+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:00.673617
License: Public Domain

Fairchild, J.
(dissenting). In sec. 102.08, Stats., the legislature has acted to alleviate the problem of the epileptic or totally blind person who is refused employment because the employer desires to avoid workmen’s compensation claims for injuries resulting from such handicap. The only employer it expressly protects is an employer who knew of the handicap and insisted on a waiver as a condition of employment.
The legislature has not provided generally for denial of compensation to an injured employee whose injuries arise out of a disability or handicap which he has misrepresented or concealed, and I would not read such provision for denial in the case of concealed epilepsy into sec. 102.08, Stats. I would reverse.