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Gradually Developed Disabilities: A Dilemma For Workers' Compensation, M. Thomas Arnold
Gradually Developed Disabilities: A Dilemma For Workers' Compensation, M. Thomas Arnold
Akron Law Review
This article will examine some of these problems and attempt to make a few modest suggestions as to the direction future consideration of the compensability of gradually developed disabilities should take.
Workmen's Compensation - Benefits - Exclusiveness Of Schedule Provision, Mark Shaevsky
Workmen's Compensation - Benefits - Exclusiveness Of Schedule Provision, Mark Shaevsky
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff received benefits under the schedule provisions of the Michigan workmen's compensation statute for amputation of four fingers and one leg. Upon the expiration of payments the hearing officer awarded additional recovery for plaintiff's total disability resulting from the amputation. After subtracting compensation received for the specified losses, the appeal board affirmed. On appeal to the supreme court, held, affirmed by an equally divided court. The legislature intended the schedule provisions to be irreducible minimum awards, not exclusive compensation. Curtis v. Hayes Wheel Co., which construed schedule allowances as barring further recovery for total and permanent disability, is …