MI Supreme Court: Leave Us Out Of GM Fatal Accident
DETROIT (WWJ) - The Michigan Supreme Court is staying out of a dispute between General Motors and the family of an autoworker who died in 2004 after falling and hitting his head in the bathroom at a Saginaw factory.
Henry Harris' widow has spent the past few years trying to show that his death was directly related to his job, which would entitle her to more than $300,000. But workers' compensation officials and the state appeals court had ruled against her.
No one disputes that Harris' death was due to his fall. The case centers on whether he was moving when he fell or whether he simply fainted. Not every injury is open to compensation.
