Leach v. Detroit Health Corp.

In this case we are asked to determine whether the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board erred by failing to consider whether an employee’s fraudulent misrepresentation as to his physical condition in an employment application is a bar to compensation in an injury aggravation case. We initially denied defendant Chrysler Corporation’s (hereafter defendant) application for leave to appeal. However, defendant thereafter filed for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court, in lieu of granting leave to appeal, remanded the case to this Court for consideration as on leave granted.…