Terms Used In Michigan Laws 3.889

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  Each participating jurisdiction shall provide, in accordance with its own laws, for the payment of workers’ compensation and death benefits to injured members of the emergency contingent of that participating jurisdiction and to representatives of deceased members of the deployed contingent if the members sustain injuries or are killed while rendering aid to another participating jurisdiction pursuant to this agreement in the same manner and on the same terms as if the injury or death were sustained within their own jurisdiction.