§ 102.01 Definitions
§ 102.03 Conditions of liability
§ 102.04 Definition of employer
§ 102.05 Election by employer, withdrawal
§ 102.06 Joint liability of employer and contractor
§ 102.07 Employee defined
§ 102.075 Election by sole proprietor, partner or member
§ 102.076 Election by corporate officer
§ 102.077 Election by school district or private school
§ 102.078 Election by real estate firm
§ 102.08 Administration for state employees
§ 102.11 Earnings, method of computation
§ 102.12 Notice of injury, exception, laches
§ 102.123 Statement of employee
§ 102.125 Fraud reporting, investigation, and prosecution
§ 102.13 Examination; competent witnesses; exclusion of evidence; autopsy
§ 102.14 Jurisdiction of department and division; advisory committee
§ 102.15 Rules; transcripts
§ 102.16 Submission of disputes, contributions by employees
§ 102.17 Procedure; notice of hearing; witnesses, contempt; testimony, medical examination
§ 102.175 Apportionment of liability
§ 102.18 Findings, orders and awards
§ 102.19 Alien dependents; payments through consular officers
§ 102.195 Employees confined in institutions; payment of benefits
§ 102.20 Judgment on award
§ 102.21 Payment of awards by local governmental units
§ 102.22 Penalty for delayed payments; interest
§ 102.23 Judicial review
§ 102.24 Remanding record
§ 102.25 Appeal from judgment on award
§ 102.26 Fees and costs
§ 102.27 Claims and awards protected; exceptions
§ 102.28 Preference of claims; worker’s compensation insurance
§ 102.29 Third party liability
§ 102.30 Other insurance not affected; liability of insured employer
§ 102.31 Worker’s compensation insurance; policy regulations
§ 102.315 Worker’s compensation insurance; employee leasing companies
§ 102.32 Continuing liability; guarantee settlement, gross payment
§ 102.33 Forms and records; public access
§ 102.35 Penalties
§ 102.37 Employers’ records
§ 102.38 Records and reports of payments
§ 102.40 Reports not evidence in actions
§ 102.42 Incidental compensation
§ 102.425 Prescription and nonprescription drug treatment
§ 102.43 Weekly compensation schedule
§ 102.44 Maximum limitations
§ 102.45 Benefits payable to minors; how paid
§ 102.46 Death benefit
§ 102.47 Death benefit, continued
§ 102.475 Death benefit; law enforcement and correctional officers, fire fighters, rescue squad members, diving team members, national or state guard members and emergency management personnel
§ 102.48 Death benefit, continued
§ 102.49 Additional death benefit for children, state fund
§ 102.50 Burial expenses
§ 102.51 Dependents
§ 102.52 Permanent partial disability schedule
§ 102.53 Multiple injury variations
§ 102.54 Injury to dominant hand
§ 102.55 Application of schedules
§ 102.555 Occupational deafness; definitions
§ 102.56 Disfigurement
§ 102.565 Toxic or hazardous exposure; medical examination; conditions of liability
§ 102.57 Violations of safety provisions, penalty
§ 102.58 Decreased compensation
§ 102.59 Preexisting disability, indemnity
§ 102.60 Minor illegally employed
§ 102.61 Indemnity under rehabilitation law
§ 102.62 Primary and secondary liability; unchangeable
§ 102.63 Refunds by state
§ 102.64 Attorney general shall represent state and commission
§ 102.65 Work injury supplemental benefit fund
§ 102.66 Payment of certain barred claims
§ 102.75 Administrative expenses
§ 102.80 Uninsured employers fund
§ 102.81 Compensation for injured employee of uninsured employer
§ 102.82 Uninsured employer payments
§ 102.83 Collection of uninsured employer payments
§ 102.835 Levy for delinquent payments
§ 102.84 Preference of required payments
§ 102.85 Uninsured employers; penalties
§ 102.87 Citation procedure
§ 102.88 Penalties; repeaters
§ 102.89 Parties to a violation
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes > Chapter 102 - Worker's compensation

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years, except that for purposes of investigating or prosecuting a person who is alleged to have violated any state or federal criminal law or any civil law or municipal ordinance, "adult" means a person who has attained the age of 17 years. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • chief of a fire department: includes the chief of a department under…. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Chiropractor: means a person holding a license issued by the chiropractic examining board. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dentist: means a person who is licensed as a dentist under subch. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Donee: The recipient of a gift.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) Source: OCC
  • Employee: as used in this chapter means:
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      (a)    Every person, including all officials, in the service of the state, or of any local governmental unit in this state, whether elected or under any appointment or contract of hire, express or implied, and whether a resident of the state or employed or injured within or without the state. See Wisconsin Statutes 102.07
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Farm premises: means areas used for operations herein set forth, but does not include other areas, greenhouses or other similar structures unless used principally for the production of food and farm plants. See Wisconsin Statutes 102.04
  • Farmer: means any person engaged in farming as defined. See Wisconsin Statutes 102.04
  • farming: means the operation of farm premises owned or rented by the operator. See Wisconsin Statutes 102.04
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fire department: includes a department under…. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Fire fighter: includes a person serving under…. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Institution of higher education: means an institution within the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college, a tribally controlled college controlled by an Indian tribe that has elected under…. See Wisconsin Statutes 102.07
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Lineal descendant: Direct descendant of the same ancestors.
  • Month: means a calendar month unless otherwise expressed. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Oath: includes affirmation in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, evidences of debt and energy. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal representative: means a person, however denominated, who is authorized to administer a decedent's estate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Physician assistant: means a person who is licensed as a physician assistant under subch. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Police officer: includes a person serving under…. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Population: means that shown by the most recent regular or special federal census. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Private school: has the meaning given in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 102.07
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Psychologist: means a psychologist who is licensed under…. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Public school: means a school described in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 102.07
  • Qualified: when applied to any person elected or appointed to office, means that such person has done those things which the person was by law required to do before entering upon the duties of the person's office. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Registered nurse: includes a registered nurse who holds a multistate license, as defined in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
  • seal: includes the word "seal" the letters "L S" and a scroll or other device intended to represent a seal, if any is affixed in the proper place for a seal, as well as an impression of a seal on the instrument. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Sworn: includes "affirmed" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.