Irving W. Pfeifer, Administrator of the Estate of Wilbur Stroud, Deceased v. Gmc Truck & Coach Division, a Division of General Motors Corporation

This is an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing an action for the wrongful death of Wilbur Stroud, brought by the administrator of his estate. The district court’s order of dismissal was based upon the grounds that the action was barred by the exclusive remedy provision of the Michigan Workmen’s Compensation Law, Comp.Laws 1948, § 411.1 et seq., and, further, that the action was foreclosed by a prior adjudication of the same claim by a Michigan court.

It appears that decedent was an employee of the defendant at the time of the accident resulting in his death and the accident…