Lantz v. Schanz

This is a review by certiorari of an award by the department of labor and industry granting compensation to the plaintiffs for accidental injuries to Cordon Lantz which resulted in his death.

The plaintiff Beryl B. Lantz is the widow of decedent. The other plaintiffs are their minor children. The defendant, Conrad Schanz, is a general contractor at Chelsea, Michigan. He employed Cordon Lantz, decedent, to work in wrecking an icehouse. While engaged in this work decedent fell through an upper floor and was so seriously injured that he died a few hours later. It is admitted that the injury was…