Michigan Employment Security Commission v. Westphal

In these unemployment benefits cases, plaintiff appeals as of right the orders granting defendants’ motions for summary disposition based on the statute of limitations. Because of the similarity of the issues, we have consolidated the two appeals for the purposes of this opinion. In both cases, we affirm the trial court’s decision.

In both cases, defendants received unemploy ment benefits that plaintiff later decided were paid wrongfully. In each case, plaintiff issued determinations requiring restitution from which defendants did not appeal. Plaintiff instituted these suits to recover the…