Gross v. Michigan Iron & Chemical Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Department of Labor and Industry. Harry H. Gross presented Ms claim for compensation against the Michigan Iron & Chemical Company for an accidental injury in defendant’s employ. From an order awarding compensation, defendant and the Michigan Mutual Liability Company, insurer, bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtMcDonald, J.
The Michigan Iron & Chemical Company operates an iron furnace and chemical plant at East Jordan, Michigan. In its operation a large amount of wood is used, to obtain which the company contracts with men to cut it in accordance with printed specifications. On the 2d day of July, 1920, *201Harry H. Gross, the plaintiff, was cutting wood for the company, and while so engaged, a piece of steel from a wedge flew up, hitting him in the right eye and destroying its sight. He filed an application for compensation with the department of labor and industry, claiming that his injury arose out of and in the…
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