Stammers v. Banner Coal Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Industrial Accident Board. Henry Stammers presented Ms claim for compensation against the Banner Coal Company for accidental injuries received in defendant’s employ. From an order awarding compensation, defendant and the. Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, Limited, insurer, bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtWiest, J.
On April 29, 1920, while working as a miner for the Banner Coal Company, Henry Stammers met with an accident to his left eye. He was treated *216by an eye specialist on May 3d and a foreign substance, apparently coal, was found in the cornea near the center of the pupil of the eye, causing a violent infection about which an ulcer had fully developed. June 6th the doctor had succeeded in reducing the infection and ulcer and found he could do nothing further. On September 30, 1920, the doctor examined the eye and found the infection had subsided and that a permanent scar caused by the injury had…
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