Weaver v. Maxwell Motor Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to the Industrial Accident Board. Charles Weaver presented a claim against the Maxwell Motor Company for total incapacity resulting from the loss of both eyes. An award granting compensation as for total incapacity to work is reviewed by the contestant on certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This case is certiorari to the Industrial Accident Board. The facts are stipulated. We quote sufficiently for the purpose of this case:
“The character and nature of the injury and the result thereof is as follows: ‘The end of a crowbar struck me in the left eye, causing an injury which has permanently destroyed the sight of this member/ Due to an injury received about seven years ago while, working in a dyeworks, applicant received an injury which cost him practically the total loss of sight of the right eye. At the present time the sight of both eyes is limited only to a perception of light.…
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