Sobotka v. Chrysler Corp.

AFTER REMAND

Boyle, J.

In the Worker’s Disability Compensation Act,1 the Legislature codifies public policy applicable to, and reflective of, the political give and take of an ongoing economic struggle. Not infrequently, the forum then shifts to the judicial arena. Typically, courts are asked to construe newly enacted legislation and to supply missing pieces of the puzzle that inevitably effect the future direction of the political process. The instant case, however, involves a variation on the usual theme whose seven-year gestation period reflects the significance of the issue to interested…