Legal Opinion
Schenkel v. Tower Builders Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided April 1, 1968No. Calendar No. 3, Docket No. 51,587PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Cueiam.
The defendant employer, Tower Builders Company, Inc., was incorporated under the laws of Indiana. Its principal business was that of constructing and repairing radio towers and other high metal structures. In 1961-1962 plaintiff, a resident of Indiana, was one of Tower Builders’ employees. He, with other Indiana employees of Tower Builders and certain Michigan-hired employees, was engaged in November of 1962 in erecting a radio tower at Interloehen. The partially constructed tower collapsed, leaving plaintiff a permanent paraplegic. It is unquestioned that the accident and…
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