Meads v. General Motors Corp.

Plaintiff Jimmie L. Meads appeals from a 4-1 decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (hereinafter WCAB or Appeal Board) which ruled that he was not entitled to compensation payments for an occupational lung disease. MCLA 418.401 et seq.;* 1 MSA 17.237(401) et seq.; GCR 1963, 806.2(1).

The plaintiff was born on July 7, 1900. He first worked for the defendant in 1926. Throughout his *497employment career, he worked mostly on grinding operations, forming and finishing engine parts. The plaintiff testified that his early jobs were "dry” operations which meant that the air was filled with…