Kail v. Field Pontiac-Cadillac Co.

This is an appeal by defendants from an award of dependency compensation granted plaintiff under a finding by the department that a contributing factor in causing the death of her husband, Herbert Kail, was an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his employment by defendant Field Pontiac-Cadillac Company. The occupational disease statute includes carbon monoxide poisoning arising out of any process involving direct exposure to carbon monoxide in buildings, sheds, or any enclosed place. Act No. 10, pt. 7, § 2, subd. 22, Pub. Acts 1912 (1st Ex. Sess.), as added by Act No.…