TURRENTINE v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Docket No. 130219.

198 Mich. App. 572 (1993)

499 N.W.2d 411

TURRENTINE v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided March 2, 1993, at 9:40 A.M.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Connell, Roeser & Brennan (by Vicki L. Brennan), for the plaintiff.

Evans, Nelson, Pletkovic & Hays, P.C. (by Mary Anne MacKenzie and John J. Hays), and Jack F. Wheatley, for the defendant.

Amici Curiae:

Neal Bush, for National Lawyers Guild.

Glotta, Rawlings & Skutt, P.C. (by Richard M. Skutt), for Michigan Injured Workers and Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.

Conklin, Benham, Ducey, Listman & Chuhran, P.C. (by David J. Berge), for Michigan Self-Insurers Association, Michigan Manufacturers Association, and Michigan Chamber of Commerce.

Before: SULLIVAN, P.J., and MacKENZIE and I.B. TORRES, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant appeals by leave granted from an opinion and order of the Workers' Compensation Appellate Commission that affirmed a magistrate's award of disability compensation benefits to plaintiff. We affirm.

Plaintiff was employed by defendant as a spray painter. On January 6, 1987, he suffered an electrical shock in his right hand and chest while spraying with an electrostatic spray gun. He developed myoclonus, an involuntary jerking, which left...

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