SULLENS v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Docket No. 227185.

627 N.W.2d 608 (2001)

245 Mich. App. 162

Arthur H. SULLENS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Self Insured, and Second Injury Fund, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided March 23, 2001, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication May 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Cmejrek, Ann Arbor, for Arthur H. Sullens.

Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Morrison Zack, Assistant Attorney General, for the Second Injury Fund.

Before WHITBECK, P.J., and MURPHY and COOPER, JJ.


MURPHY, J.

Plaintiff appeals by leave granted from an order of the Worker's Compensation Appellate Commission (WCAC) affirming the magistrate's decision to deny plaintiff benefits. We reverse and remand.

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Plaintiff worked as a truckdriver for Ford Motor Company until May 1979. He quit working because of a work-related injury to his back. On September 9, 1996, plaintiff filed a claim for total and permanent disability benefits based on the alleged...

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