Curtis v. Hayes Wheel Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Industrial Accident Board. Alonzo Curtis presented his claim for compensation against the Hayes Wheel Company for injuries received in defendant’s employ. From an order granting a petition to reopen an award for permanent disability, defendant and the Michigan Mutual Liability Company, insurer, bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
On September 7, 1916, while employed by the Hayes Wheel Company at its Jackson plant as a floor sweeper, the applicant, Alonzo Curtis, then 54 years of age, fell about 6 feet from a runway while pushing a load of sawdust. A fracture of his left leg near the ankle resulted, necessitating the amputation of his left foot between 4 and 5 inches below the knee joint, on October 20, 1916.
A compensation agreement, approved by the board, *262was entered into, providing for the payment of $6.49 per week for 125 weeks. It recited that the result of the accident was “fracture of right leg above ankle, foot…
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