Barnes v. CAMPBELL, WYANT & CANNON FOUNDRY CO.

Defendants Campbell, Wyant & Cannon Foundry Company (cwc) and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, appeal by leave granted a December 1987 order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board granting death benefits to plaintiff Martha Barnes. This Court initially reversed the decision of the wcab in a peremptory order dated August 3, 1988. Our Supreme Court subsequently vacated our order and remanded the case to us for consideration as on leave granted. 432 Mich 929 (1989). We again reverse.

We note initially that the administrative proceedings involved issues concerning the obligation of the…