Wisconsin Court Gives Workers’ Comp to Frostbitten, Intoxicated Salesman

A divided state Supreme Court ruled in April that a businessman should get workers' compensation benefits for frostbite injuries he suffered after passing out in the snow after a sales trip to northern Wisconsin.William E. Larsen was subjected to subzero temperatures outside a mobile home he was trying to enter when he'd passed out following a session at the local tavern. The mobile home served as a sales office. Because he was on his way back from a sales trip, the court ruled 4-3 th