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VAN DORPEL v. HAVEN-BUSCH CO.

Docket No. 44, Calendar No. 46,907.

350 Mich. 135 (1957)

85 N.W.2d 97

VAN DORPEL v. HAVEN-BUSCH COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided October 7, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Bryant, for plaintiff.

McCobb, Heaney & Dunn (Gordon B. Boozer, of counsel), for defendants.

VOELKER, J. (for affirmance).

On December 22, 1948, Peter Van Dorpel a 65-year-old widower without dependents was working at the job he had followed for upwards of 5 years: painting steel beams and angle irons for his employer. When painting heavy steel beams it was the practice to rest a number of beams on steel shophorses, attaching the one being painted to an overhead electric chain hoist, which from time to time...

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