Bannan v. City of Saginaw

This Court granted leave to appeal to resolve a controversy concerning the construction of the provision of the workers’ compensation act providing that police or fire department employees, or their dependents, in municipalities or villages "having charter provisions prescribing like benefits, may waive the provisions of this act and accept in lieu thereof such like benefits as are prescribed in the charter but shall not be entitled to like benefits from both.” MCL 418.161(1)(a); MSA 17.237(161)(l)(a). (Emphasis supplied.)

In Vasser v City of Muskegon, 415 Mich 308, 311; 329 NW2d 690 (1982),…