PIWOWARSKI v. DETROIT SULPHITE PULP & PAPER CO.

Docket No. 64010, (Calendar No. 5).

412 Mich. 716 (1982)

316 N.W.2d 719

PIWOWARSKI v. DETROIT SULPHITE PULP & PAPER COMPANY

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided March 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lopatin, Miller, Freedman, Bluestone, Erlich & Rosen (by Monica Farris Linkner) for plaintiff.

John R. Brown, P.C., for defendants Detroit Sulphite Pulp & Paper Company and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Morrison Zack Assistant Attorney General, for defendant Second Injury Fund.


PER CURIAM:

The issue in this case is whether the "one-year-back rule"1 limits the obligation of the Second Injury Fund2 to pay this plaintiff benefits for the total and permanent disability of her decedent.3 To decide this question, we must first determine whether a request that benefits be paid for total and permanent disability is a request for "further compensation", where the...

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