THOMPSON v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Docket No. 70288.

139 Mich. App. 177 (1984)

362 N.W.2d 240

THOMPSON v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided November 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelman, Loria, Downing, Schneider & Simpson (by Rodger G. Will), for plaintiff.

Office of The General Counsel (by David L. Kaminski), and Conklin, Benham, McLeod, Ducey & Ottaway, P.C. (by Martin L. Critchell), of counsel, for Ford Motor Company.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, and Richard F. Zapala, Assistant Attorney General, for the Second Injury Fund.

Before: GRIBBS, P.J., and BRONSON and SHEPHERD, JJ.


SHEPHERD, J.

Plaintiff appeals by leave granted September 27, 1983, from a February 25, 1983, decision of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board. The appeal board denied plaintiff's claim for total and permanent disability on the ground that the claim was barred under the doctrine of res judicata due to an earlier award of 500 weeks of general disability compensation benefits for the same injury. We reverse and remand...

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