Smith v. Wilson Foundry & MacHine Co.

Plaintiff was an employee of defendant company on or about April 19, 1938. On March 7, 1939, he filed a notice and application for adjustment of claim under the occupational disease amendment (Act No. 61, Pub. Acts 1937 [Comp. Laws Supp. 1940, § 8485-1 et seq., Stat. Ann. 1940 Cum. Supp. § 17.220 et seq.]) to the compensation law (Act No. 10, Pub. Acts 1912 [1st Ex. Sess.], as amended [2 Comp. Laws 1929, § 8407 et seq. (Stat. Ann. § 17.141 et seq.)]), reciting that “he is suffering from the disease known as dermatitis.” Defendant company filed denial of liability and motion to dismiss denying…