Ward v. Heth Bros.
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Industrial Accident Board. Herbert Ward presented his claim for compensation against Heth Brothers for injuries received in defendant’s employ. From an order denying a petition for the discontinuance of payments under an award, defendant and the Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corporation, Limited, insurer, bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
Heth Brothers, the employers of the plaintiff, and one of the defendants in this proceed*181ing, were engaged in the business of hardware and installation of heating apparatus in Grand Rapids, on February 12, 1916, and on that day were installing a furnace in a garage which was in the course of construction. The plaintiff, while assisting in the installation, and while engaged in lowering the furnace into the basement, received an injury to his right ankle joint, as the result of the giving way or collapse of the floor that he was standing on, and from which the furnace was being lowered. He fell…
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