McCartney v. Wood-Temple Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Department of Labor and Industry. Ruby R. McCartney and others presented their claim for compensation against the Wood-Temple Company for the accidental death of their decedent in defendant’s employ. From an order awarding compensation, defendant and the Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corporation, Limited, insurer, bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtWiest, J.
George McCartney was a printer in the employ of the Wood-Temple Company at Munising, Michigan. On January 28, 1921, he became so ill from a streptococcic infection originating from a small cut in the index finger of his right hand that he quit work and took to his bed, and on March 19, 1921, he died from septicaemia, or blood poisoning. A claim for compensation under the workmen’s compensation law was made against the Wood-Temple Company, on the ground that the injury to his finger, the seat of the infection, was the result of an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. '…
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