Legal Opinion

Gage v. Board of Control

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided May 29, 1919No. Docket No. 17PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Certiorari to Industrial Accident Board. Clinton C. Gage presented his claim for compensation against the board of control of the Pontiac State Hospital for medical, surgical and hospital expenses incurred as a result of an accidental injury in defendant’s. employ. From an order awarding compensation, defendant brings certiorari.

1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.

In this case defendant questions the validity of an award of $189 made against it by the State industrial accident board in favor of plaintiff, for medical, surgical and hospital expenses, incurred by him as the result of an accidental injury which he sustained on September 15, 1917, while in defendant’s employ. The necessity for such services and the reasonableness of the charges made therefor are apparently not questioned, but it is contended that defend*27ant was entitled under the employers’ liability law to notice of plaintiff’s injury and need of medical attendance by reason of it, and a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. City of Milwaukee v. MillerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Keigher v. General Electric Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. McLean v. Eaton Manfg. Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1938
  2. Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. v. HolcombMississippi Supreme Court · 1968

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