SINGTON v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION

Docket No. 119291, Calendar No. 7.

648 N.W.2d 624 (2002)

467 Mich. 144

Charles SINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION, also known as Daimlerchrysler Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 31, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zamler, Mellen & Shiffman, P.C. (by Paul S. Rosen) Southfield, MI, (Daryl Royal, of counsel), Dearborn, MI, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Lacey & Jones (by Gerald M. Marcinkoski and Michael T. Reinholm), Birmingham, MI, for the defendant-appellant.

Martin L. Critchell, Detroit, MI, for amicus curiae, the Michigan Self-Insurers' Association.

Evans, Pletkovic & Rhodes, P.C. (by William Nole Evans), Huntington Woods, MI, for amici curiae, the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and the Detroit Regional Chamber.

Glotta, Skutt & Associates, P.C. (by Richard M. Skutt), Detroit, MI, for, amicus curiae, the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.

Libner, VanLeuven, Evans, Portenga & Slater, P.C. (by John A. Braden), Muskegon, MI, amicus curiae, in support of the plaintiff.


OPINION

TAYLOR, J.

This case concerns eligibility for worker's compensation benefits pursuant to the Worker's Disability Compensation Act (WDCA) definition of disability at M.C.L. § 418.301(4) and the reasonable employment provisions, M.C.L. § 418.301(5), of that act. The Court of Appeals effectively concluded that under § 301(4)'s definition of disability as interpreted in Haske v. Transport...

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