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PAIGE v. CITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS

Docket No. 127912.

720 N.W.2d 219 (2006)

476 Mich. 495

Randall G. PAIGE (Deceased), Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS, Self-Insured, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

July 31, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa Martin and Rapaport, Pollok, Farrell & Waldron, P.C. (by Steven J. Pollok), Southfield, Lansing, for Adam Paige.

Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. (by Mary Massaron Ross and Ronald A. Weglarz), Detroit, for the city of Sterling Heights.

Conklin, Benham, Ducey, Listman & Chuhran, P.C. (by Martin L. Critchell), Detroit, for amicus curiae Michigan Self-Insurers' Association.

TAYLOR, C.J.

In this case involving the Worker's Disability Compensation Act (WDCA), MCL 418.101 et seq., the first issue is whether the phrase "the proximate cause" in MCL 418.375(2) means the sole proximate cause, i.e., "the one most immediate, efficient, and direct cause of the injury or damage." We conclude that it does, as we did in construing the identical phrase in the governmental tort liability act (GTLA), MCL 691.140 et seq., in Robinson...

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