Brackett v. Focus Hope, Inc

I dissent from the decision of the majority of four (Chief Justice TAYLOR and Justices Corrigan, Young, and Markman) to reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals on the ground that the plaintiffs refusal to attend a mandatory employee event constituted “intentional and wilful misconduct” under MCL 418.305, thereby barring her recovery of benefits under the Worker’s Disability Compensation Act, MCL 418.101 et seq.

The majority of four, in reversing the decisions reached by the magistrate, the Workers’ Compensation Appellate Commission (WCAC), and the Court of Appeals, has supplanted the very…