Modeen v. Consumers Power Co.

This proceeding was instituted before the Workmen’s Compensation Department. It presents exclusively the same jurisdictional question which, in Mead v. Peterson-King Co. (1970), 24 Mich App 530, 533, 534, was dealt with by Division 3 as the “first issue on appeal.” By our order of August 26, 1970, entered upon application for leave to review Mead, the latter was held in abeyance pending decision of the appeal now at bar.

February 13, 1959 Harold Modeen, a regular employee of self-insuring Consumers Power Co., sustained a compensable injury arising out of and in the course of his employment. He…