Purchase v. Grand Rapids Refrigerator Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Industrial Accident Board. Clarence C. Purchase presented a claim against the Grand Rapids Refrigerator Company for partial incapacity resulting from the loss of an eye. From an order awarding compensation, respondent brings certiorari. As the result of an accidental injury to claimant’s right eye, it was removed. Compensation was- allowed as for the loss of an eye. The eye had previously been injured.
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Certiorari to Industrial Accident Board. Clarence C. Purchase presented a claim against the Grand Rapids Refrigerator Company for partial incapacity resulting from the loss of an eye. From an order awarding compensation, respondent brings certiorari. As the result of an accidental injury to claimant’s right eye, it was removed. Compensation was- allowed as for the loss of an eye. The eye had previously been injured. Claimant testified: “The only trouble I ever had with my eye, when I was a little better than four and a half years old, about four years and nine months, I got a fork run through…
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
(after stating the facts). In Hirschkorn v. Fiege Desk Co., 184 Mich. 239 (150 N. W. 851), claimant’s eye was injured, vision being impaired nearly one-half. In Cline v. Studebaker Corporation, 189 Mich. 514 (155 N. W. 519), claimant’s eye was injured; vision, if eyeglasses were used, being impaired one-half. Decision in these cases was not rested upon reasoning which can be made to apply to a case where •claimant has lost an eye in which vision was impaired before .the injury. In Weaver v. Maxwell Motor Co., 186 Mich. 588 (152 N. W. 993, L. R. A. 1916B, 1276), claimant’s left eye was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cline v. Studebaker Corp.Michigan Supreme Court · 1915
- Weaver v. Maxwell Motor Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1915
- Hirschkorn v. Fiege Desk Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1915
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