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RANGEL v. RALSTON PURINA CO.

Docket Nos. 227266 to 227269.

638 N.W.2d 187 (2001)

248 Mich. App. 128

Rosita RANGEL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RALSTON PURINA CO., Self-Insured, Defendant-Appellant. Mattie Cope, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ralston Purina Co., Self-Insured, Defendant-Appellant, and Travelers Indemnity Company of Illinois, Defendant. Dolores Haddix, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ralston Purina Co., Self-Insured, Defendant-Appellant, and Travelers Indemnity Company, Defendant. Carolyn Greenman, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ralston Purina Co., a/k/a Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., Self-Insured, Defendant-Appellant, and Travelers Indemnity Company of Illinois, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided November 2, 2001, at 9:15 a.m.

Released for Publication January 1, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geil, Smit & Kragt, P.C. (by Stuart M. Saunders and Thomas D. Geil), Battle Creek, for Rosita Rangel and Dolores Haddix.

McCroskey, Feldman, Cochrane & Brock, P.C. (by James T. Haadsma), Battle Creek, for Mattie Cope.

Chambers, Steiner & Sturm, P.L.C. (by Karen L. Anderson), Kalamazoo, for Carolyn Greenman.

Ryan, Jamieson, Morris & Ryan (by Christopher D. Morris) and Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey, P.L.C. (by Leonard M. Hickey and Lori J. Stich), Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, for Ralston Purina Company.

Before K.F. KELLY, P.J., and WHITE and TALBOT, JJ.

TALBOT, J.

In these consolidated cases, defendant Ralston Purina Company appeals by leave granted from orders of the Worker's Compensation Appellate Commission (WCAC), sitting en banc, affirming the decisions of the magistrate to award benefits to plaintiffs. These cases share one common issue of first impression, to wit, whether the amounts defendant paid to plaintiffs pursuant to a severance agreement should be credited...

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