Campbell v. General Motors Corp.

Defendant appeals by leave granted the order affirming the magistrate’s open award of disability benefits. We reverse and remand. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).

Plaintiff started working for defendant in 1964, and began to experience shoulder pain in 1995. He received some treatment at the plant clinic, but he continued working without restrictions until his plant closed on October 4, 1999. Rather than being laid off, plaintiff was placed in defendant’s, “jobs bank,” which was created pursuant to a union demand during contract negotiations to avoid…