Pierce v. General Motors Corp.

In this case we are asked to review the award of workers’ compensation benefits granted on the basis of alcoholism and a related nervous condition suffered by plaintiff.1 We find that the wcab erroneously included the plaintiff’s personal addiction to alcohol as a' variable in its decision to award disability benefits. Thus, we vacate the decision of the Court of Appeals and remand to the board to determine whether plaintiff sustained any disabling personal injury that is separate and apart from any disability caused by his alcoholism.

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Plaintiff, born January 11, 1942, began his em*140ployment…