CW: Attempted Suicide

The Supreme Court of Wisconsin has decided in favor of an insurer in a case where a man was gored by a bull while working in his employer's livestock yard. The case is Graef v. Cont'l Indem. Co., 2021 WI 45, 397 Wis.2d 75, 959 N.W.2d628.

In 2012, Francis Graef was working at the livestock yard at Equity Livestock when a bull in his care gored him, causing physical injuries and depression. Graef was entitled to workers' compensation benefits through his employer's insurance carrier Continental Indemnity Company.