Rubin v. Fisher Body Corp.
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Industrial Accident Board. Sam Rubin presented his claim for compensation against the Fisher Body Corporation for injuries received in defendant’s employ. From an order awarding compensation, defendant and the Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, Limited, insurer, bring certiorari. Claimant was injured on the* 19th day of June, 1917, while in the employ of the defendant Fisher Body Corporation.
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Certiorari to Industrial Accident Board. Sam Rubin presented his claim for compensation against the Fisher Body Corporation for injuries received in defendant’s employ. From an order awarding compensation, defendant and the Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, Limited, insurer, bring certiorari. Claimant was injured on the* 19th day of June, 1917, while in the employ of the defendant Fisher Body Corporation. On December 26, 1917, he filed a written claim for compensation for loss of the sight in his right eye. The record shows that claimant reported his accident to his foreman and was…
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
(after stating the facts). Defendants in this court urge that the board was in error in hold*608ing that claimant was not barred from recovery upon the ground that he had mad© no claim for compensation within six months after the date of the injury. We think appellants’ contention sound. We have held that a claim for compensation must be an unequivocal one. Baase v. Banner Coal Co., 202 Mich. 57; Brown v. Weston-Mott Co., 202 Mich. 592, and the following cases are conclusive upon the point that such claim must be made within the period of six months fixed by the statute. Cooke v. Furnace Co., 200…
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