Quinton v. General Motors Corp.

Following this Court’s decision in Franks v White Pine Copper Div, 422 Mich 636, 649-658; 375 NW2d 715 (1985), the Worker’s Compensation Appeal Board in 1986 ruled, pursuant to Franks, that the weekly benefits owed to plaintiffs’ decedent were subject to coordination pursuant to § 354 of the Worker’s Disability Compensation Act,1 commencing March 31, 1982.

The question presented is whether the doctrine of separation of powers precludes, with respect to workers whose weekly benefits were held to be subject to coordination in, or pursuant to, Franks, application of the 1987 legislation providing…