MUDEL v. GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO.

Docket Nos. 111702, 113799, Calendar Nos. 2, 3.

614 N.W.2d 607 (2000)

462 Mich. 691

John MUDEL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. Deborah L. Connaway, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Welded Construction Company and Hartford Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 25, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Bridges, Pontiac, for plaintiff-appellee in Mudel.

Martha M. Glaser, Bloomfield Hills, for the plaintiff-appellant in Connaway.

Humphrey, Hannon, Moriarity & Schoener, P.C. (by Robert J. Humphrey, Donald H. Hannon, and Denise L. Clemmons), Troy, for defendants-appellants in Mudel.

Thomas J. Veum, Sault Ste. Marie, for the defendants-appellees in Connaway.

Conklin, Benham, Ducey, Listman & Chuhran, P.C. (by Martin L. Critchell), Detroit, for amicus curiae Michigan Defense Trial Counsel.


MARKMAN, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

Considerable confusion exists in the Michigan judiciary in a significant area of worker's compensation law—the standards for reviewing decisions of the magistrate and the Worker's Compensation Appellate Commission (WCAC). As a result of this confusion, there is, in our judgment, sometimes the appearance (although we do not believe the reality) that decisions are made in this...

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