Lambert v. City of Detroit

I am not in accord with the opinion proposed by the Chief Justice notwithstanding his application of Seifman v. Ford Motor Co., 282 Mich. 342, and Pardeick v. Iron City Engineering Co., 220 Mich. 653. The Chief Justice concludes that the dependents of an employee who died approximately seven and one-half years after sustaining an injury can receive $18 per week for 300' weeks from the date of the injury.

In the Pardeick Case, where death occurred 14 months after the injury, Mr. Justice Fellows, speaking for the court, said:

“We are persuaded that this legislation (referring to part 2, §§ 5, 12,…