Michigan Manufacturers Ass'n v. Director Workers' Disability Compensation Bureau

Plaintiff commenced an action on May 5, 1982, in Ingham County Circuit Court, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. Plaintiff contended that the Logging Industry Compensation Fund provisions of Chapter 5 of the Worker’s Disability Compensation Act, MCL 418.501 et seq.; MSA 17.237(501) et seq., were unconstitutional. These provisions create a statutory scheme whereby employers in the logging industry are repaid out of a special fund for workers’ disability payments paid to employees in excess of $12,500. Plaintiff made a motion for summary judgment, or, in the alternative, for a…