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PEOPLE v. HEGEDUS

Docket No. 83601, (Calendar No. 8).

432 Mich. 598 (1989)

443 N.W.2d 127

PEOPLE v. HEGEDUS

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 3, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, L. Brooks Patterson, Prosecuting Attorney, Robert C. Williams, Chief, Appellate Division, and Michael J. Modelski, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Kenneth M. Mogill, for the defendant.

Amicus Curiae:

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, Robert Ianni and Theodore S. Klimaszewski, Assistant Attorneys General.

BOYLE, J.

We consider in this case whether the criminal sanctions for certain violations of health and safety standards set forth in the Occupational Safety and Health Act1 preclude the state from prosecuting the defendant for involuntary manslaughter. We hold that the statute does not preempt state action in this case, even though the victim's death occurred "in the workplace" and was allegedly...

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