KOONTZ v. AMERITECH SERVICES, INC.

Docket No. 116366, Calendar No. 5.

645 N.W.2d 34 (2002)

466 Mich. 304

Nancy KOONTZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERITECH SERVICES, INC., Defendant-Appellant, and Unemployment Agency of the Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services, Formerly Michigan Employment Security Agency, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 12, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Davidson, Lansing, MI, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Ameritech Law Department (by Albert Calille), Detroit, MI, and Lacey & Jones, L.L.P. (by Richard G. Finch), Birmingham, MI, for the defendant-appellant.

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

Naida & Pierce, P.C. (by James D. Naida), Bingham Farms, MI, for the Employer's Unemployment Compensation Council.


Opinion

CORRIGAN, C.J.

This case requires that we interpret a statute directing coordination of unemployment benefits with pension benefits. Plaintiff received a lump-sum pension payment under an employer-funded retirement plan. When plaintiff sought unemployment compensation, the Unemployment Agency1 coordinated her weekly benefits with her prorated weekly amount of pension payments...

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