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KARACZEWSKI v. FARBMAN STEIN & CO.

Docket No. 129825. Calendar No. 11.

732 N.W.2d 56 (2007)

478 Mich. 28

Kenneth KARACZEWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FARBMAN STEIN & COMPANY and NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 23, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelman Loria, P.L.L.C. (by James P. Harvey), Detroit, for the plaintiff.

Martin L. Critchell, Bingham Farms, for the defendants.

Kym L. Worthy, Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy A. Baughman, Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, Detroit, for amicus curiae the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office.

CORRIGAN, J.

In this case, we consider whether a Florida resident who was injured in a Florida workplace accident may recover workers' compensation benefits in Michigan merely because he was hired in Michigan. We conclude that he cannot. The relevant portion of the Michigan Worker's Disability Compensation Act (WDCA), MCL 418.845, confers jurisdiction on the Bureau of Worker's Compensation, now the Workers' Compensation Agency, for out-of-state workplace injuries...

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