Richardson v. Vemco Products, Inc.

This is an appeal by leave granted from an October 31, 1978, decision of the Worker’s Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) affirming an administrative law judge’s award of total disability compensation benefits to the plaintiff but denying a new date of injury and Second Injury Fund claims to total and permanent loss of industrial use of both legs. The matter was remanded by the Supreme Court after leave was initially denied by this Court. 407 Mich 902 (1979).

Administrative Law Judge John J. Conley heard testimony on three widely separated days, affording plaintiff an opportunity to prove her…