RUTHRUFF v. TOWER HOLDING CORP./TOWER AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

Docket No. 246935.

684 N.W.2d 888 (2004)

261 Mich.App. 613

Jimmy D. RUTHRUFF, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TOWER HOLDING CORPORATION/TOWER AUTOMOTIVE, INC., and American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided April 22, 2004, at 9:10 a.m.

Released for Publication July 7, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Farr Oosterhouse & Krissoff (by Kenneth R. Oosterhouse), Grand Rapids, for the plaintiff.

Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge, P.C. (by Lance R. Mather), Grand Rapids, for the defendants.

Before: HOEKSTRA, P.J., and FITZGERALD and TALBOT, JJ.


ON RECONSIDERATION

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff Jimmy D. Ruthruff appeals by leave granted a February 3, 2003, order of the Worker's Compensation Appellate Commission (WCAC) affirming a magistrate's decision to deny benefits on the ground that plaintiff failed to establish a compensable back injury. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

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On February 26, 2001, while employed by defendant Tower Holding Corporation as a welder, plaintiff...

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