Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.383 (2026)

Notice of injury; unintentional errors; actual knowledge.

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WORKER'S DISABILITY COMPENSATION ACT OF 1969

Act 317 of 1969

418.383 Notice of injury; unintentional errors; actual knowledge.

Sec. 383.

A notice of injury or a claim for compensation made under the provisions of this act shall not be held invalid or insufficient by reason of any inaccuracy in stating the time, place or cause of the injury, unless it is shown that it was the intention to mislead, and the employer or the carrier, was in fact misled. Want of written notice shall not be a bar to proceedings under this act if it be shown that the employer had notice or knowledge of the injury.

History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969

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Act 317

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Heart and Lung Act

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1973–2003 · leading case: Sanchez v. Eagle Alloy, Inc., 658 N.W.2d 510 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003).

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Sanchez v. Eagle Alloy, Inc., 658 N.W.2d 510 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003). “431 (false representation about occupational disease), MCL 418.383 (false representation in a notice of injury or claim), and MCL 418.”

Dressler v. Grand Rapids Die Casting Corp., 262 N.W.2d 629 (Mich. 1978). “MCL 418.383; MSA 17.237(383). As the Tennessee Court observed, those provisions alone are indicative of *265 the legislative policy and need not be repeated in each section of the act.”

McBeth v. Chrysler Corp., 210 N.W.2d 384 (Mich. Ct. App. 1973). “2 Currently MCLA 418.383; MSA 17.237(383). 3 Currently MCLA 418.”

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