Jones v. Cutler Oil Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
(for affirmance). The claimant and plaintiff, Jacob C. Jones, was hurt while working in a filling station. He fell, and injured his leg. After getting out of the hospital he was offered work by his former employer, but it involved climbing ladders, which he could not do, so he found another job, within his lessened capacity. This was with another employer and at a lower pay. For such loss in wage-earning capacity he was ultimately awarded compensation for 2/3 of the wage loss he had suffered.*
Had nothing else occurred he could have drawn this compensation as long as he was required to be *489on…
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