Otto v. Chapin

On December 3, 1926, Edward L. Otto, the plaintiff herein, suffered an injury which resulted in the strangulation of a pre-existing hernia. Asserting this was a compensable accident within the meaning of the workmen’s compensation law, he presented ,a claim, which was allowed by the commission, and the case is in this court on certiorari.

Otto’s employer, L. A. Chapin, contracted with dealers and distributors of an automobile manufactured in Lansing to deliver new cars to them across country. The .¿Etna Insurance Company had issued a policy in 1923 which then covered Chapin’s industrial risk.…