Legal Opinion · Dissent

Price v City of Westland

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided May 7, 1996No. 99046, Calender No. 4Published

1DissentBrickley, C.J.

Because I believe that the defendant made a bona fide offer of reasonable employment to the plaintiff, I respectfully dissent. Although the majority feels that the job duties were described with sufficient specificity, it finds the offer defective because it concludes that the plaintiff might have been asked to perform more strenuous work. *343Because the only job that was offered to the plaintiff was both sufficiently described and within his physical limitations, I would uphold the Court of Appeals decision to suspend benefits.

The magistrate concluded that the medical evidence showed that the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Pulver v. Dundee Cement Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Kolenko v. United States Rubber Products, Inc.Michigan Supreme Court · 1938
  3. Christiansen v. Eaton, Yale & Towne, IncMichigan Court of Appeals · 1978
  4. Parmeter v. Grand Rapids Public SchoolsMichigan Court of Appeals · 1987

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