MacDonald v. State Farm Mutual Insurance

This case presents the question whether a person receiving work-loss benefits under the no-fault act, MCL 500.3101 et seq.; MSA 24.13101 et seq., may continue to receive those benefits despite having suffered an unrelated heart attack which independently renders the person unable to work. The Court of Appeals held that statutory entitlement to work-loss benefits continued in such a situation. 108 Mich App 705; 310 NW2d 848 (1981). We reverse.

*150The parties have stipulated to the following facts:

"This is an action brought by plaintiff Donald A. MacDonald seeking first party benefits under the…