Court Opinion

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73 Mich. App. 602 (1977)
252 N.W.2d 842
MATHIS
v.
INTERSTATE MOTOR FREIGHT SYSTEM
Docket No. 28032.
Michigan Court of Appeals.
Decided February 3, 1977.
Reamon, Williams, Klukowski & Craft, P.C., for plaintiff.
Warner, Norcross & Judd (by William K. Holmes and Gregory G. Prasher), for defendant.
Before: BEASLEY, P.J., and R.B. BURNS and J.H. GILLIS, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
The trial court granted defendant an accelerated and/or summary judgment in a suit by plaintiff to recover no-fault personal protection insurance benefits from defendant. Plaintiff appeals and we affirm.
Plaintiff was employed by defendant as a dock *603 man. He fell and injured his left knee and leg while unloading freight from a semi-trailer.
Plaintiff received workmen's compensation benefits. He applied for benefits under the no-fault act. MCLA 500.3101 et seq.; MSA 24.13101 et seq.
The trial judge held that workmen's compensation benefits were plaintiff's exclusive remedy. MCLA 418.101 et seq.; MSA 17.237(101) et seq.
The Supreme Court in Solakis v Roberts, 395 Mich 13, 20; 233 NW2d 1, 4 (1975), said: "When an employee's injury is within the scope of the act, workmen's compensation benefits are the exclusive remedy against the employer."
Affirmed. Costs to defendant.