Webber v. Steiger Lumber Co.

The question in this case is not whether there is competent evidence to support the commission’s findings of fact, but, rather: Do those findings support the award of compensation to plaintiff or did the commission, in effect, grant a rehearing and reverse its previous adjudication?

The commission has no power to grant a rehearing. Dodge v. General Motors Corp., 321 Mich. 503; Fritz v. Rudy Furnace Co., 218 Mich. 324; Boyich v. J. A. Utley Co., 306 Mich. 625; McLean v. Eaton Manufacturing Co., 286 Mich. 285; Fitzpatrick v. Olds Division of General Motors Corp., 282 Mich. 646; Baughman v.…