BREWER v. A.D. TRANSPORT EXP., INC.

Docket No. 139068.

782 N.W.2d 475 (2010)

486 Mich. 50

Anthony J. BREWER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A.D. TRANSPORT EXPRESS, INC., and Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

May 10, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daryl Royal, Dearborn, and Richard L. Warsh, Southfield, for Anthony J. Brewer.

Lacey & Jones (by Gerald M. Marcinkoski), Birmingham, for A. D. Transport Express, Inc., and Accident Fund Insurance Company of America.

Charles W. Palmer, Wyandotte, amicus curiae for the Michigan Association for Justice.


Opinion

CORRIGAN, J.

This case requires us to consider whether a recent expansion of the subject-matter jurisdiction of the Workers' Compensation Agency over out-of-state injuries, MCL 418.845, as amended by 2008 PA 499, applies retroactively to cases in which the claimant was injured before the effective date of the amendment. We hold that the amendment does not apply because the statutory text does not manifest a legislative intent to apply the amendment...

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