Murray v. Ford Motor Co.

On April 4, 1929, plaintiff, while working for the Ford Motor Company as a machine repairer, suffered an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. On May 13, 1929, the company specified the following as the nature of the injury, in its report to the department of labor and industry:

“Nature and cause of injury — Severe contusion dorsal surface metacarpal region right hand. Fracture styloid process of ulna. Employee was putting pattern on machine and the air valve was stiff and did not close properly and he caught his hand between patterns and machine. ’ ’

Plaintiff lost no…