Woods v. Ford Motor Co.

The facts in this case are not in dispute. On the 27th of June, 1951, the plaintiff, while in the employ of the Monroe Tool & Manufacturing-Company at Monroe, Michigan, sustained a physical injury in the course of and arising out of his employment. He sought and obtained compensation under the workmen’s compensation law of the State.*

The present action was instituted June 25, 1954, the plaintiff alleging in his declaration that the injury sustained by him in 1951 was caused by negligence on the part of the defendants. It is undisputed that prior to the effective date of PA 1952, No 155 (CLS…