Dressler v. Grand Rapids Die Casting Corp.

Defendants, Michigan Plating and Stamping Company and Corporate Service (hereinafter referred to as Michigan Plating), appeal from an award of worker’s compensation benefits to plaintiff, Joe W. Dressier, and raise two issues: (1) did the Worker’s Compensation Appeal Board (hereinafter WCAB) err in finding that plaintiff’s employment at Michigan Plating aggravated his back condition to the point of total disability rather than finding his disability resulted from a fall during his earlier employment with Grand Rapids Die Casting Corporation, and (2) was plaintiff suffering from an…