Sichterman v. Kent Storage Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Industrial Accident Board. Gertrude Sichterman presented her claim for compensation against the Kent Storage Company for the accidental death of her husband in defendant’s employ. From an order awarding compensation, defendant and the Michigan Employers Casualty Company, insurer, bring certiorari. Harry Sichterman was a traveling salesman in the employ of defendant Kent Storage Company.
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Certiorari to Industrial Accident Board. Gertrude Sichterman presented her claim for compensation against the Kent Storage Company for the accidental death of her husband in defendant’s employ. From an order awarding compensation, defendant and the Michigan Employers Casualty Company, insurer, bring certiorari. Harry Sichterman was a traveling salesman in the employ of defendant Kent Storage Company. His territory, which he covered once a week, surrounded Grand Rapids where he lived and where defendant’s place of businéss was located. He made his territory by automobile, leaving Grand Rapids…
1Opinion of the CourtFellows, C. J.
(after stating the facts). This State like many of our sister States has followed the English act in providing that compensation shall be paid in industrial accidents where the accident arises out of and in the course of the employment. The English courts and the courts of this country with uniformity have agreed that both requirements must be met to justify an award. Both requirements are indicative of the underlying thought that compensation is to be awarded when and where the accident occurs in the service of the master and by reason thereof. In an *366exhaustive note found in L. R. A. 1916A,…
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