Court Opinion

ID: 9710221
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 04:04:37.880733+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:55.179078
License: Public Domain

Boyle, J.
(concurring). I am not convinced that under either the statute or the case law1 controlling at the time of plaintiffs last day of employment at Stroh Brewery Company, alcoholism or a predisposition thereto, whether or not aggravated or accelerated by the conditions of employment, was contemplated as a compensable injury. Because I am not persuaded that the Legislature intended to award workers’ compensation benefits under the facts of this case, I would reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and vacate the workers’ compensation award.
Riley, J., concurred with Boyle, J.

 This case does not present an occasion to reconsider Miklik v Michigan Special Machine Co, 415 Mich 364; 329 NW2d 713 (1982), and Kostamo v Marquette Iron Mining Co, 405 Mich 105; 274 NW2d 411 (1979), which I perceive concerned conditions entirely distinguishable from the condition presented in this case.