COTTON v. CAMPBELL, WYANT & CANNON FOUNDRY

Docket Nos. 18788, 18858.

57 Mich. App. 52 (1974)

225 N.W.2d 187

COTTON v. CAMPBELL, WYANT & CANNON FOUNDRY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided November 27, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Haughey, Rice, Roegge & Gould (by Lance R. Mather), for Campbell, Wyant & Cannon Foundry and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.

Landman, Hathaway, Latimer, Clink & Robb (by William M. Newman), for Whitehall Leather Company.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and David J. Watts, and A.C. Stoddard, Assistants Attorney General, for the Silicosis and Dust Disease Fund.

Before: T.M. BURNS, P.J., and R.B. BURNS and CARLAND, JJ.


R.B. BURNS, J.

Plaintiff began to work for defendant Campbell, Wyant & Cannon Foundry (hereinafter referred to as Campbell) in 1962. His job required him to shake sand from castings. It was dusty work. While working for Campbell, plaintiff suffered from recurrent chest pains. These pains increased in intensity and frequency causing plaintiff to be absent from work. Campbell terminated plaintiff's employment for such absenteeism in November, 1965.

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