MacDonald v. Great Lakes Steel Corp.

Under approved agreement plaintiff was awarded compensation of $16.80 per week for total disability as a carpenter, skilled labor. He returned to work for the same employer as a watchman, unskilled labor, at $16 per week. In MacDonald v. Great Lakes Steel Corp., 268 Mich. 591, we held that, while engaged in such employment, Ms earnings constituted a set-off ag’ainst the award, reducing the latter to $9.20 per week, under the proviso in 2 Comp. Laws 1929, § 8427 (e), which reads:

“Provided, The compensation payable, when added to his wage-earning* capacity after the injury in the same or…