Legal Opinion
La Casse v. Great Lakes Engineering Works
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided June 4, 1928No. Docket No. 23PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFead, C. J.
On October 28, 1926, Moses La Casse, an employee of defendant Great Lakes .Engineering Works, was injured while pursuing his work as ship carpenter. ' He later died from the injury. An award of compensation to plaintiff, his widow, was made by the department of labor and industry and is 'here for review on certiorari.
The Great Lakes Engineering Works is engaged, among other things, in building and repairing ships. On its own property a slip had been dredged, running back from the Detroit river a distance of 600 feet or more. The slip was used for floating dry docks and for all sorts of ship…
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