Schoppe v. Calumet & Hecla, Inc.

Is plaintiff’s total disability due to dust disease so that it is subject to the $10,500 limitation of liability provisions of part 7, § 4, of the workmen’s compensation act (CLS 1961, § 417.4 [Stat Ann 1960 Rev § 17.223])l The hearing referee so found. This finding was affirmed by the workmen’s compensation appeal board and plaintiff’s, application for leave to. appeal therefrom was denied by the Court of Appeals. The cause is now here on leave to appeal granted to plaintiff by this Court. 380 Mich 762.

Plaintiff’s claim, as stated in his brief here, is that he “is permanently and totally…