Ray v. Transamerica Insurance

Plaintiff, Clarence Ray, was injured while operating an industrial machine on the premises of his employer, Chesley Industries, Inc. Plaintiff brought this action in negligence against his employer’s insurer under the third-*650party tortfeasor provisions of the Michigan Workmen’s Compensation Act.1

The case was before our Court previously on an interlocutory appeal. We concluded there that a compensation carrier is not immune from common-law tort liability for its own acts of negligence causing injury to the employee and that the compensation insurance carrier may be a third-party tortfeasor…