Landis v. General Motors Corp.

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

The sole issue in this workmen’s compensation case is whether the claimant, Richard Landis, suffered an accident during the course of his employment.

Landis was employed by the defendant-appellant as a tool and die maker. His duties consisted of repairing and assembling various jigs and dies. On February 22, 1952, working at these duties in the normal course of his employment he found it necessary to use a wrench with a ten inch long water pipe for leverage in order to tighten one of the screws. This was his normal and usual procedure in such cases. What next occurred was…