Kurz v. Michigan Wheel Corp.

Plaintiffs Timothy D. Kurz and Gary Sperry appeal by leave granted from the decision of the Worker’s Compensation Appellate Commission affirming with modifications the magistrates’ decisions holding that plaintiffs are not entitled to have their benefits calculated on the basis of their preinjury wages where components of those wages have been eliminated as a result of economic conditions and collective bargaining. We reverse and remand.

Plaintiffs are two of fourteen employees of defendant Michigan Wheel Corporation who returned to light-duty work after being injured on the job. Plaintiff…