Hilton v. General Motors Corp.

Plaintiff appeals to this Court from an adverse decision entered by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board barring the plaintiff from relief under the Worker’s Disability Compensation Act because he had failed to give timely and sufficient notice of his disability to his employer under MCLA 418.441; MSA 17.237(441).

It is undisputed that the plaintiff was disabled as a result of an occupationally-related emphysematous condition. Plaintiff testified before the hearing referee that he had been employed at the Buick Motor Division of General Motors from 1955 to 1958, during which time he worked…