Szymczak v. Holland Community Hospital

These consolidated appeals involve the application of 1985 PA 103, which, effective July 30, 1985, reduced from 104 to 52 the number of weeks of employer liability for disability benefits paid to a vocationally handicapped employee.

MCL 418.921; MSA 17.237(921) states, in part, that a person certified as vocationally handicapped shall be compensated for a personal injury arising out of and in the course of employment and resulting in death or disability. However, § 921 also limits the period of employer liability. The statute was amended by 1985 PA 103 to reduce the period of liability from…