Bush v. City of Detroit

Plaintiff, Mary Bush, as the widow and administratrix of the estate of Earl W. Bush, deceased, appeals as of right from the circuit court’s entry of a judgment ordering only the defunct common pleas court, and not any of the other defendants, to pay workers’ compensation benefits awarded to plaintiff.

Earl W. Bush was a bailiff for the common pleas court; his last day of work was December 7, 1973, and he died on April 4, 1979. On May 26, 1982, the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) issued a decision finding that plaintiff’s decedent had suffered a compensable injury, and ordering the…