Mottonen v. Calumet & Hecla, Inc.

This case represents the classic controversy posed by Wieda v. American Box Board Co., 343 Mich 182, come full circle.

Raymond Mottonen died of a heart attack at the Calumet & Hecla’s Iroquois mine at 39 years of age while doing his regular work in the regular way. Subsequent to his death his widow filed a claim for workmen’s compensation which was denied by the referee August 6, 1958. His opinion made no reference to this Court’s decisions in Sheppard v. Michigan National Bank, 348 Mich 577, and Coombe v. Penegor, 348 Mich 635, decided June 10, 1957. Subsequently, relying on these cases, the…