Legal Opinion
Deziel v. Difco Laboratories. Inc.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided August 19, 1975No. Docket Nos. 54825, 54879, 55072, (Calendar Nos. 1-3)PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtT. G. Kavanagh, C. J.
We granted leave in these cases and directed that they be argued and submitted consecutively because they all concern aspects of the same problem which we perceive to be of importance in the workmen’s compensation law— the compensability of psychiatric injuries.
The facts in each case differ.
Deziel
Mary Deziel, 39 at the time of suit, began working for Difco in 1968 handling test tubes, mixtures and various chemicals. On January 23, 1969 a test tube she was filling broke, causing glass to get into her eye. She was treated the next day and returned to work. On April 24, 1969 a test tube filled…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Carter v. General Motors Corp.Michigan Supreme Court · 1960
- Hlady v. Wolverine Bolt Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1975
- Johnson v. Vibradamp CorporationMichigan Supreme Court · 1968
3Cited by40 opinions
- Deziel v. Difco Laboratories, Inc.Michigan Supreme Court · 2009
- Townsend v. Maine Bureau of Public SafetySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- Stimson v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1977
- Battista v. Chrysler Corp.Superior Court of Delaware · 1986
- Williams v. Western Electric Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1981
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