Smith v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co.

Defendant appeals by leave granted from a January 15, 1990, order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board which affirmed with modification the decision of a hearing referee granting compensation benefits to plaintiff. Defendant raises three issues involving the adequacy of the Appeal Board’s opinion. Defendant argues that the Appeal Board’s opinion fails to distinguish between situations where a preexisting condition merely manifests itself at work and situations where work aggravates a preexisting condition, that the Appeal Board failed to address defendant’s date-of-injury argument, and…