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PIERCE v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Docket No. 91687, (Calendar No. 9).

443 Mich. 137 (1993)

504 N.W.2d 648

PIERCE v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 3, 1993.

Separate opinion filed August 4, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sachs, Waldman, O'Hare, Helveston, Hodges & Barnes, P.C. (by Granner S. Ries), for the plaintiff.

Braun, Kendrick & Finkbeiner (by Bruce L. Dalrymple and Scott C. Strattard) for the defendant.

Separate opinion by LEVIN, J., filed August 4, 1993.

RILEY, J.

In this case we are asked to review the award of workers' compensation benefits granted on the basis of alcoholism and a related nervous condition suffered by plaintiff.1 We find that the WCAB erroneously included the plaintiff's personal addiction to alcohol as a variable in its decision to award disability benefits. Thus, we vacate the decision of the Court of Appeals...

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