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WHITE v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Docket No. 79194, (Calendar No. 4).

431 Mich. 387 (1988)

429 N.W.2d 576

WHITE v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided September 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meklir, Schreier, Nolish & Friedman, P.C. (by Matthew A. Tyler), for the plaintiff.

Plunkett, Cooney, Rutt, Watters, Stanczyk & Pedersen (by Jonathan T. Kopit and Paul F. Paternoster), Evans, Nelson, Pletkovic & Hays, P.C. (by John J. Hays and William Nole Evans), and Willard W. Wallace for the defendant.

Amicus Curiae:

Sachs, Nunn, Kates, Kadushin, O'Hare, Helveston & Waldman, P.C. (by Theodore Sachs), for Michigan State AFL-CIO.

RILEY, C.J.

In this case, we are asked to decide whether MCL 418.373(1); MSA 17.237(373)(1)1 of the Workers' Disability Compensation Act has retroactive application. We would hold that § 373 affects substantive rights and, thus, applies prospectively to those employees injured on or after January 1, 1982, the amendment's effective date. Accordingly, we would reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals and reinstate the decision of...

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