BROOKS v. ENGINE POWER COMPONENTS, INC.

Docket No. 213999.

613 N.W.2d 733 (2000)

241 Mich. App. 56

Sargent A. BROOKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ENGINE POWER COMPONENTS, INC., and Hartford Accident & Indemnity, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 9, 2000, at 9:20 a.m.

Released for Publication July 26, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams, Hughes, Corwin & Sininger, LLP (by Theodore N. Williams, Jr.), Muskegon, for the plaintiff.

Cox, Hodgman & Giarmarco, P.C. (by Marsha M. Woods), Troy, for the defendants.

Before: HOLBROOK, JR., P.J., and SMOLENSKI and COLLINS, JJ.


SMOLENSKI, J.

The Worker's Compensation Appellate Commission (WCAC) dismissed plaintiff's appeal for failure to file transcripts in a timely manner and subsequently denied plaintiff's motion for reconsideration. Plaintiff appeals by leave granted. We reverse.

The magistrate denied plaintiff's claim for worker's compensation benefits. On April 14, 1998, plaintiff's counsel mailed the claim for review to the WCAC and ordered a hearing transcript from Schultz...

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