Leizerman v. First Flight Freight Service

The question presented is whether workers’ compensation benefits attributable to an injury suffered on a summertime truck driving job should be set off by plaintiff’s earnings from his unaffected, regular employment as a schoolteacher, pursuant to MCL 418.371(1); MSA 17.237(371)(1). The Court of Appeals reversed a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board that had applied the setoff.

We reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals, and reinstate the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board.

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Plaintiff has been employed full-time as a teacher in the Wyandotte Public School…