Steward v. Westran Corp.

Westran Corporation (hereinafter defendant) and its insurer, Insurance Company of North America, appeal by leave granted from an April 29, 1982, opinion and order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board which awarded plaintiff disability compensation benefits in the amount of $112 per week.

On August 13, 1974, plaintiff was engaged in common labor at defendant’s Muskegon, Michigan plant. On that day, he injured his neck and right shoulder when he was hit by a core which had been thrówn by a fellow worker. For the next three years or so, plaintiff continued in his regular employment with…