Meads v. General Motors Corp.

The issue in this case is whether the defendant employer was placed on sufficient notice of the plaintiff’s disability before the filing of the plaintiff’s petition for benefits so that the statute of limitations was tolled pursuant to MCLA 418.381; MSA 17.237(381).

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The plaintiff, who was born in 1900, first began working for General Motors in 1926. Except for a three-year hiatus from 1945 until 1948, he worked continuously for General Motors until his retirement on January 1, 1966. During most of his work experience for General Motors, he worked on jobs involving grinding. From 1951 through…