CIRCUIT COURT HOLDING: The services the claimant performed (cutting the grass and cleaning the grounds of a plot of land where no active farming had taken place for several years) were not agricultural labor and therefore, not excluded “employment.”
COURT OF APPEALS HOLDING: The value of pending litigation was too speculative to be considered an asset. As such the employer acquired 75% or more of the predecessor and is a successor employer under Section 41(2).
Johnides v St Lawrence Hospital Digest no. 10.27 Section 29(1)(a) Cite as: Johnides v St Lawrence Hosp, 184 Mich App 172 (1990). Appeal pending: No Claimant: Tim A. Johnides Employer: St. Lawrence Hospital Docket no.: B87 04342 106605W Date of decision: June 5, 1990 View/download the full decision COURT OF APPEALS HOLDING: A claimant may establish good… Read More »
Psychological Services v MESC Digest no. 17.14 Sections 42, 44 Cite as: Psychological Services v MESC, unpublished opinion of the Kent County Circuit Court, issued May 4, 1990 (Docket No. 89-64789-AE). Appeal pending: No Claimant: N/A Employer: Psychological Services Docket no.: L87-07843-RO1-1978 Date of decision: May 4, 1990 View/download the full decision CIRCUIT COURT HOLDING: Where several licensed… Read More »
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT HOLDING: Claimants discharged for using illegal drugs as part of a religious sacrament may be disqualified from receipt of unemployment compensation benefits without violation of First Amendment protections of the free exercise of religion.
Midway Stop-n-Shop, Inc v MESC Digest no. 2.19 Sections 22, 41 Cite as: Midway Stop-n-Shop, Inc, v MESC, unpublished opinion of the Cass County Circuit Court, issued March 29, 1990 (Docket No. 86-12638AA). Appeal pending: No Claimant: N/A Employer: Midway Stop-N-Shop, Inc. Docket no.: L86-08390-RM1 (Bypassed Board of Review) Date of decision: March 29, 1990 View/download the full… Read More »
Mitchell v BOC Car Assembly Digest no. 8.06 Section 28 Cite as: Mitchell v BOC Car Assembly, unpublished opinion of the Ingham County Circuit Court, issued March 29, 1990 (Docket No. 89-63386-AE). Appeal pending: No Claimant: Gerald Mitchell Employer: BOC Car Assembly Docket no.: B88-05151-108575W Date of decision: March 29, 1990 View/download the full decision CIRCUIT COURT HOLDING: Claimant’s… Read More »
Coleman v MESC Digest no. 10.38 Section 29(1)(a) Cite as: Coleman v MESC, unpublished opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued March 21, 1990 (Docket No. 117120). Appeal pending: No Claimant: William N. Coleman Employer: General Motors Docket no.: B87 02913 105830 Date of decision: March 21, 1990 View/download the full decision COURT OF APPEALS HOLDING:… Read More »
CIRCUIT COURT HOLDING: The claimant was not entitled to establish a benefit year under Section 46a(1), the alternative earnings qualifier, because he owned more than a 50% proprietary interest in the employing unit and Section 46(d) (now 46(g)) controls.
Mann v H & H Wholesale, Inc Digest no. 10.68 Section 29(1)(a) Cite as: Mann v H & H Wholesale, Inc, unpublished opinion of the Wayne Circuit Court, issued September 14, 1989 (Docket No. 89-910064-AE). Appeal pending: No Claimant: Earl Mann Employer: H & H Wholesale, Inc. Docket no.: B88-00843-108076 Date of decision: September 14, 1989 View/download the full… Read More »