Lesner v. Liquid Disposal, Inc

643 N.W.2d 553 (2002)

Robert C. LESNER, Father of Randy Lee Lesner, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

LIQUID DISPOSAL, INC., and Hartford Accident and Indemnity, Defendants-Appellants.

Docket No. 116205, Calendar No. 5.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued November 7, 2001.

Decided May 7, 2002.

John W. Simpson, Jr., Bloomfield Hills, MI, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Marsha M. Woods, Troy, MI, for the defendants-appellants.

Opinion

YOUNG, J.

The plaintiff's son was fatally injured in the course of employment. Plaintiff, a partial dependent of the decedent, sought worker's compensation benefits. Through…