Willis v. Michigan Standard Alloy Casting

The appeal board of the workmen’s compensation department affirmed an award of benefits to plaintiff in March of 1959. In July of the same year, she filed an application for hearing and adjustment of claim for interest upon all benefits awarded to her paid after their due dates. Our decision in Wilson v. Doehler-Jarvis, 358 Mich 510, by which we first determined that such interest is recoverable, was made in the following January of 1960, and in the opinion announcing that decision a majority of this Court said, at p 517, “This decision shall not, however, be regarded as retroactive.” One…