Stokes v. LAKEY FOUNDRY CORPORATION

Plaintiff received an award under the workmen’s compensation act, MCLA § 411.1 et seq. (Stat Ann 1968 Rev § 17.141 et seq.) because of the death of her husband. Subsequently plaintiff filed another application under the act for the expenses of her husband’s last illness. The deceased was a patient at the Muskegon Northshore Hospital, a state tuberculosis sanatorium, and accrued a charge of $16,980.16. Plaintiff agreed to páy this money to the hospital. Defendant contended at the hearing before the referee that the issue was res judicata, and the referee denied the claim on this ground. The…