LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - Michigan’s highest court overruled a test workers’ compensation officials have been using for years to assess whether plaintiffs have proven work-related mental injuries, saying it was biased against claimants and contradicted by state law.
Four medical malpractice matters are among the dozen cases on the agenda for December oral argument. The Michigan Supreme Court will convene at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7 and Thursday, Dec. 8.
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Where the Michigan Compensation Appellate Commission found a claimant to be time-barred from challenging the Unemployment Insurance Agency’s determinations and redeterminations requiring her to pay restitution and fraud penalties under the Michigan Employment Security Act, the redeterminations issued to the claimant must be invalidated under Dep’t of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs/Unemployment Ins Agency v Lucente, Mich ; NW2d (2021) (Docket Nos. 160843 and 160844).