2015 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
102. Worker's compensation.
102.175 Apportionment of liability.

WI Stat § 102.175 (2015) What's This?

102.175 Apportionment of liability.

102.175(1) (1) If it is established at the hearing that 2 or more accidental injuries, for each of which a party to the proceedings is liable under this chapter, have each contributed to a physical or mental condition for which benefits would be otherwise due, liability for such benefits shall be apportioned according to the proof of the relative contribution to disability resulting from the injury.

102.175(2) (2) If after a hearing or a prehearing conference the division determines that an injured employee is entitled to compensation but that there remains in dispute only the issue of which of 2 or more parties is liable for that compensation, the division may order one or more parties to pay compensation in an amount, time, and manner as determined by the division. If the division later determines that another party is liable for compensation, the division shall order that other party to reimburse any party that was ordered to pay compensation under this subsection.

History: 1979 c. 278; 1993 a. 81; 2015 a. 55.

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