Legal Opinion
Karaczewski v. Farbman Stein & Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided May 23, 2007No. Docket 129825PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*30CORRIGAN, J.
In this case, we consider whether a Florida resident who was injured in a Florida workplace accident may recover workers’ compensation benefits in Michigan merely because he was hired in Michigan. We conclude that he cannot. The relevant portion of the Michigan Worker’s Disability Compensation Act (WDCA), MCL 418.845, confers jurisdiction on the Bureau of Worker’s Compensation, now the Workers’ Compensation Agency, for out-of-state workplace injuries only if (1) the employee is a resident of Michigan when the injury occurs and (2) the contract of hire was made in Michigan.…
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