Marrs v. Ford Motor Co.

John Marrs, plaintiff herein, claims that on July 31, 1943, while working for the Ford Motor Company, defendant, lie suffered a hemorrhage of the right eye, which in turn precipitated a secondary glaucoma, causing, total loss of vision of the eye. The department of labor and industry denied him compensation, finding that due to a previous removal of a cataract resulting in the loss of binocular vision (the ability to coordinate the vision of the eyes), he had already lost the vision of the eye prior to July 31, 1943. Plaintiff appeals claiming that prior to July 31, 1943, he still had useful…