K & K Woodworking, Inc v. Michigan Employment Security Commission

The Michigan Employment Security Commission appeals as of right from a circuit court order reversing an mesc referee’s decision that K & K Woodworking, Inc., is a successor employer to Timmer & Brummel, Inc. We vacate the circuit court’s ruling, reverse the mesc’s decision regarding K & K’s liability, and remand for further proceedings.

On August 28, 1989, Timmer executed an agreement with NBD Bank, agreeing to voluntarily surrender ownership of its corporate assets and cash to nbd to pay a business loan. Timmer’s assets were subject to nbd’s first-priority security interest.

On September 6,…