Legal Opinion
McAvoy v. H B Sherman Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided October 11, 1977No. Docket Nos. 58845, 58846, 58983, 58855. (Calendar Nos. 4-7)PublishedCited by 156 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blair Moody, Jr., J.
We granted leave in these consolidated worker’s compensation cases in order to consider whether 1975 PA 34, MCLA 418.862; MSA 17.237(862), comports, on its face and as *431applied, with certain fundamental constitutional mandates. 1975 PA 34 is commonly referred to as the "70% statute”. It provides that a claim for review filed by a self-insured employer or a carrier from a worker’s compensation award entered by a hearing referee shall not operate as a stay of payment to the claimant of 70% of the weekly benefit.
The statute also provides, in its disputed part, that if the…
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