Potter v. Vetor

Plaintiff, while employed as a plasterer by one Michael Santoro, at a hospital in Royal Oak, was injured when he was struck by falling scaffold planks which defendants were using in cleaning the outside of the hospital building. Santoro’s workmen’s compensation carrier (Michigan State Accident Fund) paid $2,952.78 to plaintiff as compensation benefits, surgical and medical expenses. Subsequently plaintiff instituted a lawsuit in Macomb county circuit court. The employer’s compensation carrier supplied plaintiff’s attorneys the results of its investigation and medical reports. A settlement of…