Gottlieb v. Arrow Door Co.

Louis Gottlieb, the plaintiff and appellee, claims workmen’s compensation on account of an injury. There is no dispute as to the injury itself (amputations) or the causal connection. He was feeding wood into a wood-shaping machine when he was injured. 2 Rather, objection is made upon conceptual grounds, namely, that he cannot be his own employee, both master and servant.

The argument made arises from the circumstance that the claimant was the sole incorporator and the sole stockholder of Arrow Door Company, a Michigan corporation, and its president and treasurer. He was, defendants argue, in…