HOLDRIDGE v. TECUMSEH PRODUCTS CO.

Docket No. 77-93.

80 Mich. App. 310 (1977)

263 N.W.2d 600

HOLDRIDGE v. TECUMSEH PRODUCTS COMPANY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided December 9, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Jameson and Timothy P. Pickard, for plaintiffs.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and James H. White, Assistant Attorney General, for the Michigan Employment Security Commission.

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


W.R. BROWN, J.

The significant issue raised in this appeal is whether employees who decline to cross a picket line and attend work during a strike because of reasonable fear of violence are nonetheless entitled to unemployment compensation benefits. We hold that they are.

Plaintiffs are a group of foremen who were employed by defendant Tecumseh Products Co., on November 15, 1974, at the start of a strike that lasted until April 1, 1975. The foremen maintained...

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