SIMKINS v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 102150, Calendar No. 15.

556 N.W.2d 839 (1996)

453 Mich. 703

Thomas G. SIMKINS, Guardian of Elizabeth A. Simkins, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Valley Forge Insurance Company and CNA, Intervening Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Fisher Body Flint Plant, Defendant-Appellee, and Second Injury Fund, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hanba, Lazar & Ackerman, P.C. by Michael D. Smith, Flint, for plaintiff-appellant.

John R. Parnell and Warren C. Droomers, St. Clair Shores, for intervening plaintiff-appellant.

Groves, Decker & Wyatt by Harvey R. Groves, Flint, and Braun, Kendrick, Finkbeiner, P.L.C. by Scott C. Strattard, Saginaw, for General Motors Corporation.


OPINION

RILEY, Justice.

In this appeal, this Court is asked to clarify when an employer has an obligation to pay worker's compensation to an employee who is injured while traveling to work under the "going and coming" provision, M.C.L. § 418.301(3); M.S.A. § 17.237(301)(3), of the Worker's Disability Compensation Act. We hold that under subsection 301(3) of the act, an employee does not suffer...

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