Pulver v. Dundee Cement Co.

I

In this worker’s compensation matter, we must construe MCL 418.301(5)(a); MSA 17.237(301)(5)(a),1 and determine what constitutes "good and reasonable cause” justifying an employee’s refusal of a bona fide offer of reasonable employment.2

We hold that "good and reasonable cause” is the *71statutory equivalent of the similar requirement found in the judicially created favored-work doctrine. Since the Legislature incorporated this common-law requirement into the worker’s compensation act without specifically defining it, we assume that the Legislature did not intend to change the common law.

Whether…