Gilroy v. General Motors Corp.

Defendant, General Motors Corporation, Assembly Division, appeals by leave granted from an opinion of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board affirming a hearing referee’s order requiring defendant to pay a portion of plaintiff’s attorney fees. We affirm.

The merits of plaintiff’s claim are not before us for review. Plaintiff was involved in an argument with another gm employee on May 27, 1982. The other employee knocked plaintiff down, causing injury to plaintiff’s ankle. For approximately one year thereafter, plaintiff received sickness and accident insurance benefits from Metropolitan Life…