Gerlesits v. Lakey Foundry & MacHine Co.

Defendant appeals from an order of the department of labor and industry awarding plaintiff compensation for total disability under tbe workmen’s compensation law (Act No. 10, pt. 7, Pub. Acts 1912 [1st Ex. Sess.], as added by Act No. 61, Pub. Acts 1937, and amended by Act No: 245, Pub. Acts 1943, and Act No. 318,- Pub. Acts 1945 [Comp. Laws Supp. 1940, 1945, § 8485-1 et seq., Stat. Aun. 1946 Cum. Supp. § 17.220 et seq.]).

Plaintiff had worked in foundries since 1910. He-entered defendant’s employ in 1919, and, with tbe exception of four years in tbe early twenties when defendant bad no work…