Mistaken Filing of Comp Claim Form May Be Adequate Notice of Injury

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled that a plaintiff’s submission of a workers’ compensation claim form that mistakenly identified a city as her employer may have been good enough notice of her injury to support her tort claim filed years later. Case: Clark v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Nos. 2019AP954 and 2019AP1489, 03/31/2021, published. Facts: Joyce Clark worked as a sewing instructor with Fox Valley Technical College. As part of her job, she taught classes at the Oshkosh Senior Center. On Oct. 17, 2015, Clark unlocked and walked through one of the entranc...