Court Opinion

ID: 9689276
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 18:26:52.852356+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:46.666321
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S. Everett, J.
(concurring in part, dissenting in part). I concur with the majority opinion with one exception. I believe that the loss of income from the profit-sharing plan comes within the statutory definition of work loss. It should be noted that this is not a claim for the loss of profits arising out of a capital investment or a combination of that and work. Rather, it is a claim for loss of regular quarterly payments made to the employee by the employer out of the latter’s profits. Obviously, if there were no profits, there would be no payment, but in this case it is undisputed that had the plaintiff not been injured, she would have received the sum of $4,784 from this source.
In Coates v Michigan Mutual Ins Co, 105 Mich App 290; 306 NW2d 484 (1981), this Court included as work loss net income which would have been received by a truck driver for the lease of his truck, which he was required to provide under the terms of his employment. I believe the loss of income from work by the plaintiff in this case is even a clearer example of work loss and, therefore, believe that she is entitled to be reimbursed for 85% of that loss.