Barclay v. General Motors Corp.

The sole question presented in this appeal, in the nature of certiorari from the department of labor and industry, is stated by plaintiff and appellant James Barclay as follows:

"Is the recent aggravation of a pre-existing nondisabling hernia, which aggravation causes total disability, compensable under the workmen's compensation law?"

Appellee and defendant Pontiac Motor Division, General Motors Corporation, prefers to state the question in this manner:

"Was plaintiff's hernia clearly recent in origin so as to be covered under paragraph 28 of section 2, part 7 of the workmen's compensation law?"