Long v. Isle Royale Copper Co.

On December 18, 1918, while employed as a timber boss in defendant’s mine, James C. Long sustained a serious industrial accident by being caught between a skip and the side of a mine shaft, resulting in a compound fracture of the pelvis and other in juries. He was taken to a hospital under defendant’s directions where he was given surgical attention and properly cared for. The accident was promptly reported by defendant and proceedings taken under the workmen’s compensation law, followed by an agreement under which he was to receive maximum compensation during total disability, then fixed by…