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GOSE v. MONROE AUTO EQUIP.

Docket Nos. 60752, 60759, 60826, 60839. (Calendar Nos. 7-10).

409 Mich. 147 (1980)

294 N.W.2d 165

GOSE v. MONROE AUTO EQUIPMENT COMPANY SANDERS v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 27, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marston, Sachs, Nunn, Kates, Kadushin & O'Hare, P.C., for plaintiff Gose.

Mitchell, Vilella & Houk, P.C., for plaintiff Sanders.

LeVasseur, Mitseff, Egan & Capp, P.C., for defendants Monroe Auto Equipment Company and Michigan Mutual Insurance Company.

Anderson, Green, McKay & Roberts, P.C., for defendant General Motors Corporation.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Richard F. Zapala, Assistant Attorney General, for defendant Second Injury Fund.

KAVANAGH, J.

We granted leave to appeal to determine the effect of the doctrine of res judicata upon these workers' compensation claims.

Justice WILLIAMS has stated the facts in both cases.

I

The parties do not question that the doctrine of res judicata applies to workers' compensation proceedings; they differ only as to its scope. Plaintiffs assert that only those claims actually litigated in a prior...

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