Banks v. Ford Motor Co.

The claimant appeals by right a circuit court order reversing a decision of the Michigan Employment Security Commission Board of Review. The board had reversed the decision of its hearing officer who had found the claimant disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits.

The parties agreed on the facts which led to the claimant’s discharge from employment. At approximately 10:45 p.m. on January 22, 1979, the claimant had entered the plant parking lot prior to beginning work on his shift. Another employee was moving his car from one space in the lot to another prior to finishing work on his…