PIPER v. PETTIBONE CORP.

Docket No. 99515.

450 Mich. 565 (1995)

PIPER v. PETTIBONE CORPORATION

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 5, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacey & Jones (by Gerald M. Marcinkoski) for Chrysler Corporation.

Amicus Curiae:

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Morrison Zack, Assistant Attorney General, for the Trustees of the Second Injury Fund, Self-Insurers' Security Fund, and Silicosis, Dust Disease, and Logging Industry Compensation Fund.


PER CURIAM:

This is a products liability action arising from a workplace accident. The injured plaintiff received worker's compensation benefits, giving his employer a statutory lien against the amount recovered in this suit. After the plaintiff settled with the alleged tortfeasor for an amount far less than the lien, the circuit court directed that the employer be given only a small portion of the settlement amount. The Court of Appeals affirmed.

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