Leskinen v. Employment Security Commission

The plaintiff, George Leskinen, appeals the affirmance by the Court of Appeals of a Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board decision denying him benefits under the Worker’s Disability Compensation Act.

We hold that the board’s opinion is lacking in sufficient clarity to enable this Court to properly discharge its review function and we remand the case to the board for clarification of its findings.

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George Leskinen was employed by the State of Michigan in various capacities beginning in 1956. He worked first as a weighmaster but after a reorganization of the executive department of state…