White v. General Motors Corp.

This Court granted leave to consider whether MCL 418.373(1); MSA 17.237(373)(1)1 of the Workers’ Disability Compensation Act should be applied retroactively. I would hold that the provision applies prospectively to those employees injured on or after January 1, 1982, the amendment’s effective date. I would affirm the May 2, 1986, decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board and vacate the peremptory reversal of the Court of Appeals.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Frederick White was employed for *401thirty-seven years by defendant GMC Truck & Bus Group as a painter and sander.…