CROWE v. CITY OF DETROIT

Docket Nos. 115983, 115984, Calendar No. 4.

631 N.W.2d 293 (2001)

465 Mich. 1

Pryor R. CROWE, Albert E. Conant, and Euan D. Singleton, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF DETROIT, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel L. Alpert, for plaintiffs-appellants Crowe and Conant, Southfield, MI, and David R. Berndt, Southfield, MI, for plaintiff-appellant Singleton.

Phillip S. Brown, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Detroit, MI, for defendant-appellee.

Jeffrey J. Ellison, Detroit, MI, amicus curiae for Detroit Police Officers Association.


CORRIGAN, C.J.

In this case we are called upon to construe section 161(1)(c)1 of the Worker's Disability Compensation Act, M.C.L. § 418.161. Section 161(1)(c) authorizes municipalities and villages to offer injured police officers and fire fighters a form of compensation that, while like that provided through Michigan's statutory worker's compensation system, M.C.L. § 418.101 et seq., can be tailored to the needs of public...

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