Sec. 415. If an employee is disabled or dies and his disability or death is caused by a disease and the disease is due to the nature of the employment in which such employee was engaged and was contracted therein, he or his dependents shall be entitled to compensation and other benefits for his death or for his disablement, all as provided in this act.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.415
Death or disablement compensation
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 105 Mich. App. 572 - Hudson v. Jackson Plating Co. (1981)
Most recently applied in Bailey v. Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center (June 2005)
1969, Act 317, Eff
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