Legal Opinion
Autio v. Proksch Construction Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided April 5, 1966No. Calendar 9, Docket 51,042Published
1Opinion of the Court
377 Mich. 517 (1966)
141 N.W.2d 81
AUTIO
v.
PROKSCH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
Calendar No. 9, Docket No. 51,042.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
Decided April 5, 1966.
Wisti & Jaaskelainen (Sterling W. Schrock, of counsel), for plaintiff.
SOURIS, J.
The workmen's compensation act[1] of this State constitutes a discrete enclave within the law.
"The workmen's compensation law is a departure, by statute, from the common law, and its procedure provisions speak all intended upon the subject. Rights, remedies, and procedure thereunder are such and such only as the statute provides. If the statute is short of what it…
2Cases cited71 opinions
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- Unemployment Compensation Comm'n of Alaska v. AragonSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Burnet v. Coronado Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
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