Perdew v. Nufer Cedar Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Industrial Accident Board. Lettie Perdew presented her claim for compensation against the Nufer Cedar Company for the accidental death of her husband in defendant’s employ. From an order awarding compensation, defendant brings certiorari. Plaintiff is the widow and dependent of James K. Perdew. For a number of years next preceding his death Mr. Perdew was in the employ of defendant as fireman.
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Certiorari to Industrial Accident Board. Lettie Perdew presented her claim for compensation against the Nufer Cedar Company for the accidental death of her husband in defendant’s employ. From an order awarding compensation, defendant brings certiorari. Plaintiff is the widow and dependent of James K. Perdew. For a number of years next preceding his death Mr. Perdew was in the employ of defendant as fireman. Its plant had been located at 'Whitehall, but shortly before the accident it erected a plant at Marquette. Mr. Perdew and other employees went there with the company. The record fairly…
1Opinion of the Court
Fellows, j.
(after stating the facts). It is first urged that the accident to deceased was not received in the course of his employment; that what deceased did was to assist his fellow workman complete his job so that they could go home together; that he was engaged in a friendly act oútside his employment; and *523that the case falls within Spooner v. Detroit Saturday Night Co., 187 Mich. 125, and kindred cases. There is much testimony to support this theory of the defendant, but there is also testimony in conflict with it. The board seems to have placed considerable reliance on the report of the…
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- Reck v. WhittlesbergerMichigan Supreme Court · 1914
- Estate of Beckwith v. SpoonerMichigan Supreme Court · 1914
- Dove v. Alpena Hide & Leather Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1917
- Spooner v. Detroit Saturday Night Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1915
- Fitzgerald v. Lozier Motor Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1915
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