Rakestraw v. General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc

I join Justice Weaver in her dissent and write separately to comment on several aspects of the majority opinion.

I. THE MAJORITYS UNSUPPORTED EXTENSION OF PAST CASE LAW

The majority1 concludes:

On several occasions, this Court has held that symptoms such as pain, standing alone, do not establish a personal *238injury under the statute. Rather, a claimant must also establish that the symptom complained of is causally linked to an injury that arises “out of and in the course of employment” in order to be compensable.4

4 See Kostamo v Marquette Iron Mining Co, 405 Mich 105, 116-118; 274 NW2d 411 (1979);…