Todd v. Hudson Motor Car Company

The Hudson Motor Car Company and the Michigan Mutual Liability Company appeal from an order of the workmen’s compensation commission awarding Elmer Todd compensation for partial disability during a 6-month period of unemployment. The sole question raised is whether a partially disabled employee who had been given lighter work is entitled to be awarded compensation after his discharge for gambling.

Plaintiff was hired by the Hudson Motor Car Company in August, 1944, as a common laborer and remained such during the entire period of his employment. He was first injured while working as a…