Ford v. Pivot Manufacturing Co.

On February 2, 1996, we released for publication an opinion reversing the trial court’s grant of summary disposition for defendant under MCR 2.116(C)(10). Ford v Pivot Mfg Co, 215 Mich App 310; 544 NW2d 770 (1996). Defendant timely filed a motion for rehearing that was pending when the Supreme Court released the consolidated cases in Travis v Dreis & Krump Mfg Co, 453 Mich 149; 551 NW2d 132 (1996). Those decisions of the Supreme Court interpreted the exclusive remedy provision of the Worker’s Disability Compensation Act, MCL 418.131(1); MSA 17.237(131)(1), consistent with the dissenting…