Lee v. J. H. Lee & Son

Plaintiff appeals by leave granted March 17, 1976, from a December 3, 1975, order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board which denied her compensation for the reason that plaintiff’s decedent was not an employee of defendant J. H. Lee & Son at the time of injury and death. The facts of the instant case are not in dispute. The deceased, Robert J. Lee, his father, J. H. Lee, and his mother, Mary E. Lee, operated a hardware store in Muskegon Heights, under the name of J. H. Lee & Son. Following the death of J. H. Lee, Robert J. Lee and his mother, Mary E. Lee, continued for many years to…