Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
September 26, 2008 Clifford W. Taylor,
Chief Justice
130702 Michael F. Cavanagh
Elizabeth A. Weaver
Marilyn Kelly
Maura D. Corrigan
Robert P. Young, Jr.
DARCY A. DIOT, Stephen J. Markman,
Plaintiff-Appellee, Justices
v SC: 130702
COA: 264781
WCAC: 04-000028
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, BROOKS
REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY,
Defendant-Appellant.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the January 31, 2006
order of the Court of Appeals is considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.302(G)(1), in lieu of
granting leave to appeal, we VACATE in part the prior decisions of the worker’s
compensation tribunals and we REMAND this case to the Board of Magistrates for a new
hearing regarding the plaintiff’s entitlement to worker’s compensation benefits for the
closed period from July 17, 2002 to March 25, 2003, consistent with this Court’s
decisions in Stokes v Chrysler LLC, 481 Mich 266 (2008), and Robertson v
DaimlerChrysler Corp, 465 Mich 732 (2002).
We do not retain jurisdiction.
CAVANAGH and KELLY, JJ., would deny leave to appeal.
WEAVER, J. (dissenting).
I dissent from the order vacating in part the decisions of the workers’
compensation tribunals and remanding this case to the Board of Magistrates for a new
hearing regarding the plaintiff’s entitlement to workers’ compensation benefits for the
closed period from July 17, 2002, to March 25, 2003, consistent with this Court’s
decisions in Stokes v Chrysler LLC, 481 Mich 266 (2008), Robertson v DaimlerChrysler
Corp, 465 Mich 732 (2002), and Gardner v Van Buren Public Schools, 445 Mich 23
(1994).
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Because I dissented from the majority opinion in Stokes v Chrysler LLC, I vote to
grant leave to appeal in this case to consider whether a majority of this Court reached the
correct decision in Stokes.
I, Corbin R. Davis, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the
foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.
September 26, 2008 _________________________________________
0923 Clerk