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Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.846 (2026)
Worker's compensation benefits received under law of another state for same personal injury; credit.
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WORKER'S DISABILITY COMPENSATION ACT OF 1969
Act 317 of 1969
418.846 Worker's compensation benefits received under law of another state for same personal injury; credit.
Sec. 846.
If an employee or the employee's dependents receive worker's compensation benefits from an employer, a carrier, a principal, or a subcontractor under the law of another state for the same personal injury for which benefits are payable under this act, the amount recovered under the law of the other state, whether paid or to be paid in future installments, shall be credited against the benefits payable under this act.
History: Add. 1981, Act 202, Eff. Jan. 1, 1982
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Act 317Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1984–1993 · leading case: Thick v. Lapeer Metal Prods., 353 N.W.2d 464 (Mich. 1984).
Thick v. Lapeer Metal Prods., 353 N.W.2d 464 (Mich. 1984). “MCL 418.846; MSA 17.237(846) (effective January 1, 1982).”
Wallace v. Consol. Freightways, 500 N.W.2d 752 (Mich. Ct. App. 1993). “MCL 418.846; MSA 17.237(846). It does not distinguish between Michigan employees injured outside the state and nonresident employees injured within it.”
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