Molengraff v. Holland Transmission Services, Inc

In Molengraff v. Holland Transmission Services, Inc, 188 Mich App 107, 110-111; 469 NW2d 15 (1991), the Court faced a similar situation in which the plaintiff attempted to enforce a Bureau order in circuit court because the employer-defendant had subtracted overpayments, made during the appeal period, from the final payment to the plaintiff. Id. at 110. The plaintiff in Molengraff also attempted to enforce the magistrate's order through the Bureau, but the Bureau concluded that the employer could not take the credit, which was at odds with the circuit court's decision that the employer could take the credit. Id. On appeal from the circuit court's decision, the Court, in an unpublished, per curiam opinion, held that the Bureau had exclusive jurisdiction and vacated the trial court's decision because the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board 1 did not address the overpayment issue. Id.