Minnie v. Port Huron Terminal Co.

Petitioner, a longshoreman, was injured at Port Huron while unloading a vessel lying in navigable water. He was about his work on the deck of the vessel when he was struck by a swinging hoist, lifting cargo from a hatch, and was precipitated upon the wharf. He sought compensation under the compensation act of the State of Michigan. His employer, the Port Huron Terminal Company, contended that the accident occurred upon navi gable water and. that the state law did not apply. The defense was overruled by the state commission in the view that the injury must have been occasioned by petitioner’s…