Curley v. Beryllium Corporation

Three questions are involved in this appeal:(1) Is plaintiff entitled to recover at common law under the pleadings and proofs ?(2) Is plaintiff’s injury one over which the department of labor and industry had jurisdiction under the workmen’s compensation act?(3) Is plaintiff barred from suing in a court of law by reason of the proceedings taken before the department of labor and industry?

The first question was not determined by the trial court and the other two were answered in the affirmative by a directed verdict for defendant.

Late in 1931 defendant moved its plant and equipment from…