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RUSSELL v. WHIRLPOOL FINANCIAL CORP.

Docket No. 111255, Calendar No. 4.

608 N.W.2d 52 (2000)

461 Mich. 579

Arlene A. RUSSELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WHIRLPOOL FINANCIAL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided March 29, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smit, Kragt & Geil (by Leonard J. Smit), St. Joseph, for plaintiff-appellant.

Butzbaugh & Dewane, P.L.C. (by John E. Dewane), St. Joseph, for defendant-appellee.

Conklin, Benham, Ducey, Listman & Chuhran, P.C. (by Martin L. Critchell), Detroit, for amicus curiae Michigan Self-Insurers' Association.

MICHAEL F. CAVANAGH, J.

This worker's compensation case arises under subsection 301(5) of the Worker's Disability Compensation Act (WDCA), M.C.L. § 418.301(5); MSA 17.237(301)(5).1 The primary issue is whether an employer must pay worker's compensation benefits to a disabled employee who is terminated after ending a subsection 301(5)(a) period of unreasonable refusal.2 We hold that subsection 301(5)(e...

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