Ledward v. Public Welfare Board of Flint

Plaintiff Ledward, a carpenter, was employed by defendants public welfare board of Flint and Genesee county emergency relief commission at an average weekly wage of $32. While working on a C. W. A. project at the Warner school he stepped off a scaffold, fell to the floor, struck a pile of lumber and fractured his hip. The accident occurred on May 24, 1934, at which time plaintiff was 64 years of age.

An agreement for the payment of compensation for total disability at the rate of $18 per week was approved by the department of labor and industry on July 17, 1934. On December 31, 1935, the…