Samuel v. Department of Mental Health

Plaintiff, an employee of Northville Regional Psychiatric Hospital (a division of the Department of Mental Health), was injured in July, 1979, when a patient at the hospital assaulted him. He received workers’ compensation benefits coordinated with "assault pay” pursuant to § 113 of the Mental Health Code, MCL 330.1113; MSA 14.800(113). In December, 1979, however, plaintiffs workers’ compensation benefits were terminated. Defendant thereafter terminated plaintiffs benefits under § 113, since that section provides that supplemental benefits shall only be paid as long as an employee is…