WORKERS' DISABILITY COMPENSATION
In: The Wayne Law Review, Jg. 56 (2010-04-01), S. 551
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I. Introduction The Survey period between August 1, 2008, and July 31, 2009, is framed by the opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in the case of Brown v. Cassens Transport Co. 1 and the Michigan Supreme Court in the case of Petersen v. Magna Corp. 2 It includes three decisions by the Michigan Supreme Court -- Romain v. Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance. Co., 3 Zahn v. Kroger Co., 4 and Stone v. R.W. Lapine, Inc 5 -- four by the Michigan Court of Appeals -- Loos v. J.B. Installed Sales, Inc., 6 Romero v. Burt Moeke Hardwoods, Inc., 7 Kenney v. Alticor, Inc., 8 and Reece v. Event Staffing, Inc 9 -- and two en banc decisions of the Michigan Workers' Compensation Appellate Commission -- Slais v. Michigan Department of State Police 10 and Trammel v. Consumers Energy Co. 11 Except for the group of Romero, 12 Kenney, 13 and Reece, 14 the cases in the Survey share one feature: each involved the relationship between a statute in the Workers' Disability Compensation Act (WDCA) 15 and a different statute or rule. For example, the first case considered in the Survey, Brown, 16 involved the relationship between the statute in the WDCA allowing an employer to self-insure the responsibility for workers' compensation 17 and the statute in the McCarran-Ferguson Act 18 that excludes the business of insurance from the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). 19 The last case, Petersen, 20 involved the relationship between ...
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WORKERS' DISABILITY COMPENSATION
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Critchell, Martin L. |
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Zeitschrift: | The Wayne Law Review, Jg. 56 (2010-04-01), S. 551 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2010 |
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