Stover v. Midwest Tank & Fabrication Co.

Plaintiff Kay M. Stover seeks worker’s compensation benefits for the death of her husband, Arthur W. Stover, who was killed in the crash of a light aircraft on March 31, 1973, near Niles, Michigan.

Mr. Stover owned 90 per cent of the stock of defendant Midwest Tank and served as that company’s president. He drew no salary and his presence was not normally required at the company’s manufacturing site in Buchanan, Michigan. Stover was usually present the bulk of each week in Owensboro, Kentucky, location of yet another firm which he served as president. He returned to Michigan, where his wife…