Walker v. Department of Social Services

428 Mich. 389 (1987)

410 N.W.2d 698

WALKER

v.

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

Docket No. 78249, (Calendar No. 1).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued April 7, 1987.

Decided August 4, 1987.

Pianin & Paull, P.C. (by Michael R. Sugar), for the plaintiff.

Vandeveer, Garzia, Tonkin, Kerr, Heaphy, Moore, Sills & Poling, P.C. (by James A. Sullivan and David P. Grunewald), for the defendants.

ARCHER, J.

I

Every employer, public and private, shall be subject to the provisions of Michigan's Workers' Disability Compensation Act. MCL 418.111, 418.171; MSA 17.237(111), 17.237(171).

Typically, a private person who desires…