Wolverine Coal Co. v. Clem

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

— Reversing-..

On July 29, 1929, appellee William Clem, while working for the appellant, Wolverine Coal- Company, in its coal mine was struck by falling slate and severely injured. It is conceded that this accident arose out of and in the course of his employment. He was employed as a coal loader, but at the time of the accident he was assisting a fellow employee in laying rads in a room preparatory to loading coal. While bending over engaged in this work, a large rock, or piece of slate, described by one witness as weighing 2,000 or 2,500 pounds, fell and…