Legal Opinion
Scroggins v. Corning Glass Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 1, 1969No. Calendar 10, Docket 52,008PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*630T. Gr. Kavanagh, J.
On April 25, 1955, James H. Scroggins injured his back while working for the defendant Corning Glass Works. Corning paid him compensation until he returned to work as a plant guard following corrective surgery.
Scroggins continued his work as a plant guard until December 28, 1963, at which time Corning discharged him for working while under the influence of intoxicating beverages.
He filed a claim for workmen’s compensation and asserted that his injury in 1955 caused his discharge because, he testified, he had to drink to ease the pain from the injury.
The workmen’s…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Scroggins v. Corning Glass CompanyMichigan Court of Appeals · 1968
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