Tegels v. Kaiser-Frazer Corp.

Upon leave granted, defendants appeal from an award of the department of labor and industry in which it was determined that plaintiff is entitled to compensation at the rate of $21 per week for total disability from January 16, 1948, to April 19, 1948, and for partial disability at the rate of $21 per week from April 19,1948, until the further order of the commission.

The essential facts are not in dispute. Plaintiff was an employee of defendant corporation as of April, 1947. His job was to operate a grinding machine. His duties required him to pick up a crankshaft with a small electric hoist,…