Gauthier v. Campbell, Wyant & Cannon Foundry Co.

This appeal seeks to have this Court declare unconstitutional the statutory maximum limitation now placed upon workmen’s compensation for industrial silicosis victims.

The facts are brief and bitter.

Napoleon Gauthier worked for Campbell, Wyant & Cannon Foundry for 23 years, exposed to foundry silica dust. In December of 1947 he became disabled as a result of the industrial disease known as silicosis. Payments of workmen’s compensation were made voluntarily by Campbell, Wyant & Cannon under the terms of the Michigan workmen’s compensation act * until the maximum amount of $6,000 then provided…