Henry's Wrecker Service Co. v. Smoot

BRAY, Judge.

Henry’s Wrecker Service Company (employer) and Michigan Mutual Insurance Company, employer’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier (collectively employer), appeal the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission (commission) declining jurisdiction “to order ... Wayne D. Smoot [(claimant)] or his counsel to reimburse [employer’s] lien” on certain monies paid claimant in settlement of a third-party tort action. Finding the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) does not invest the commission with jurisdiction to afford employer the requested relief, we affirm the disputed order.

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