FRIES v. KALAMAZOO STOVE & F. CO.

Docket No. 44, Calendar No. 45,838.

338 Mich. 65 (1953)

61 N.W.2d 87

FRIES v. KALAMAZOO STOVE & FURNACE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided November 27, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Ryan, for plaintiff.

Warner & Hart, for defendants Kalamazoo Stove & Furnace Company and Liberty Mutual Liability Insurance Company.

Troff, McKessy & Lilly, for defendants Kalamazoo Stove & Furnace Company and American Mutual Liability Insurance Company.


DETHMERS, C.J.

Plaintiff claims a disability from earning full wages at his molding trade as a result of emphysema caused by years of exposure to silica dust in his employment, entitling him to compensation. He says the basic question is "whether plaintiff's admitted disabling emphysema is due to years of exposure to foundry dust or merely to getting old."

In its opinion denying compensation the commission stated that there was no serious dispute that plaintiff...

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