Holden v. Ford Motor Co.

The question presented concerns the scope of administrative appellate review by the Workers’ Compensation Appellate Commission of a decision of a magistrate, and the scope of judicial appellate review on leave granted by the Court of Appeals or this Court.

We conclude that the wcac did not, on administrative appellate review, exceed its authority in reversing the decisions of the magistrates and in awarding benefits, and that the Court of Appeals panel in Holden 1 erred in reversing, and the panel in Weiss 2 did not err in affirming, the wcac.

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Before the reforms enacted in 1985, 3 hearings in…