FAULKNER CONST. v. SILICOSIS FUND

Docket No. 194526.

574 N.W.2d 685 (1997)

226 Mich. App. 503

Charlotte Dvorak, Widow of Robert Dvorak, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee. FAULKNER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and Wasau Insurance Companies, Defendants-Appellants, v. SILICOSIS, DUST DISEASE, AND LOGGING INDUSTRY COMPENSATION FUND, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided November 21, 1997, at 9:20 a.m.

Released for Publication March 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacey & Jones by Gerlad M. Marcinkoski, Birmingham, for Faulkner Construction Company and Wausau Insurance Companies.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Angelita Espino, Assistant Attorney General, for Silicosis, Dust Disease, and Logging Industry Compensation Fund.

Before SAAD, P.J., and O'CONNELL and M.J. MATUZAK, JJ.


MATUZAK, Judge.

Defendants Faulkner Construction Company and Wasau Insurance Companies (hereinafter Faulkner) appeal by leave granted from a decision by the Worker's Compensation Appellate Commission (WCAC). The WCAC reversed that part of the magistrate's finding that the Silicosis, Dust Disease, and Logging Industry Compensation Fund (the fund) was responsible for paying plaintiff's benefits under § 531(1) of the Worker's Disability Compensation Act (WDCA),...

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