Springer v. Auto Air Industries

Leave to appeal was granted before we decided Boyer v. Service Distributors, Inc., 366 Mich 319, and McDaniel v. Campbell, Wyant & Cannon Foundry, 367 Mich 356. In these 2 cases, we held, among other things, that the statute provides that workmen’s compensation benefits be paid directly to the employee. We declined to enlarge upon this statutory requisite.

In the instant case, defendants seek to reverse a workmen’s compensation appeal board order requiring defendants to reimburse plaintiff directly for certain medical bills. Prom the record, it appears that plaintiff has been adjudicated a…