Sawtells v. Ekenberg Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Industrial Accident Board. James Sawtells presented his claim for compensation against the Ekenberg Company for the accidental death of his wife in defendant’s employ. From an order awarding compensation, defendant and the ¿Etna Life Insurance Company, insurer, bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtKuhn, J.
Applicant makes a claim for compensation as the dependent of Lulah Sawtells, who died on August 28, 1917, of injuries received on August 18, 1917, by being thrown beneath the wheels of the wagon which she was driving. The committee on arbitration denied compensation. The industrial accident board reversed the award of the committee of arbitration and entered an order allowing compensation. The Ekenberg Company is a manufacturer of milk products and operates plants at Ovid and Elsie in this State. On and prior to August 18, 1917, Mrs. Sawtells was engaged in hauling milk from farmers and…
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