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OMER v. STEEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

No. 161658.

968 N.W.2d 479 (2021)

507 Mich. 492

Ahmed OMER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STEEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., and New Hampshire Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 21, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alpert & Alpert, Southfield (by Joel L. Alpert ) for plaintiff.

Foster, Swift, Collins, & Smith, PC, Lansing (by Michael D. Sanders ) for defendants.

Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, PLC (by Paul D. Hudson , Kalamazoo, and Michael C. Simoni , Troy) for the Michigan Manufacturers Association, amicus curiae.

Lacey & Jones LLP (by Gerald M. Marcinkoski ) for the Michigan Self-Insurers' Association, amicus curiae.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH.

OPINION

The defendant-employer, Steel Technologies, Inc., asks this Court to consider whether a medical professional's conclusory declaration of a claimant's total disability, without more, can provide competent, material, and substantial evidence of "disability," as defined by the Worker's Disability Compensation Act (WDCA), MCL...

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