Travelers Insurance v. S & H Tire Co.

In this appeal, we are asked to decide a question of first impression: at what time does the three-year statute of limitations commence to run on an action brought under MCL 418.827; MSA 17.237(827) by a workers’ compensation carrier for recovery and reimbursement from a third-party tortfeasor of workers’ compensation benefits previously paid by the insurer to an injured employee. On May 20, 1982, the trial court held that the period of limitation commenced to run on the date of the industrial injury to the employee and thereafter entered an order granting defendant’s motion for an…