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CORBETT v. CHARTER TP. OF PLYMOUTH

Docket Nos. 97085, 97599 and 102521. Calendar Nos. 2-4.

556 N.W.2d 478 (1996)

453 Mich. 522

Shawn CORBETT, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF PLYMOUTH, Defendant/Appellee, Dennis J. DANE, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. STROH BREWERY COMPANY AND AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY, Defendants/Appellees. Willis B. WHITE, Plaintiff/Appellant, Cross/Appellee, v. McLOUTH STEEL PRODUCTS AND MICHIGAN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants/Appellees, Cross/Appellants.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 27, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. James, Southfield, for plaintiff/appellant Corbett.

Miller, Cohen, Martens, Ice & Geary, P.C. by Murray A. Gorchow and Valencia L. Jarvis, Southfield, for plaintiff/appellant Dane.

Levine, Benjamin, Tushman, Bratt, Jerris & Stein, P.C. by Charles P. Burbach, Southfield, for plaintiff/appellant, cross/appellee White.

Parsons & Bouwkamp, P.C. by Stephen C. Bouwkamp and William T. Buie, Livonia, for defendant/appellee in Corbett.

Cummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho, P.C., by Daniel J. O'Leary, Livonia, for defendants/appellees in Dane.

Lacey & Jones by Gerald M. Marcinkoski, Birmingham, for defendants/appellees, cross/appellants in White.

Daryl Royal, Dearborn, and Richard E. Shaw, Detroit, amici curiae for Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.

Conklin, Benham, Ducey, Listman & Chuhran, P.C. by Martin L. Critchell, Detroit, for Michigan Self-Insurers' Association.

LEVIN, Justice.

The question presented concerns statutory coordination of weekly worker's compensation benefits with a lump sum paid to the employee pursuant to his election for early withdrawal, in full liquidation of his interest, from a pension or retirement program established or maintained by his employer.

The statute1 provides that the employer's obligation to remit weekly worker's compensation payments shall be reduced by...

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