Sheppard v. Michigan National Bank

Beltinck v. Mt. Pleasant State Home and Training School, 346 Mich 494 (September, 1956), presented only one question, namely: “Was the injury sustained by plaintiff an accidental injury compensable under part 2 of the workmen’s compensation act?”

In writing to affirm the award of the commission (award affirmed by divided court) I defined the term accident as used in the compensation act, as follows:

1. The expression “accident” is used in the popular and ordinary sense as denoting an unlooked for mishap or an untoward event which is not expected or designed.

2. The word “accident” denotes…