Levanen v. Seneca Copper Corporation

John Levanen was working for defendant as a shaft miner in the Seneca copper mine near the town of Mohawk in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and on December 7, 1920, sustained an accidental injury while barring loose ground from the side of the shaft, a portion of which slipped and struck him on the left leg breaking the fibula, or smaller of the two lower leg bones. Defendant recognized the ease as one of “compensable accident,” made a proper report to the then industrial accident board and provided him suitable medical and hospital attention. The broken bone was properly set and in a…