Legal Opinion
Whetro v. Awkerman
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided March 12, 1970No. Calendar 13, Docket 52,023PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtT. G. Kavanagh, J.
These cases were consolidated pursuant to our order of September 5, 1968, wherein we granted leave to appeal prior to decision by the Court of Appeals in the case of Emery v. Huge Company (1968), 381 Mich 774. They were argued together in our April, 1969, term.
They turn on the same question, for the damages for which workmen’s compensation was awarded in each case were caused by the Palm Sunday, 1965, tornadoes which devastated parts of southern Michigan.
Carl Whetro was injured when the tornado destroyed the residence wherein he was working for his employer and seeks reimbursement for his…
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