Mich. Justices Overrule 'Biased' Workers' Compensation Test

By Danielle Ferguson (July 31, 2023, 10:45 PM EDT) -- A guide to determine whether a workplace injury significantly contributed to a worker's claim for disability benefits has put courts in a "straitjacket" for decades and is at odds with Michigan law, imposing a higher burden on workers than the state Legislature intended and potentially depriving people of benefits, the Michigan Supreme Court said in overruling the test....

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