(1) Except as otherwise provided for in this act, a claim for review of a case for which an application under section 847 is filed after March 31, 1986 shall be filed with the appellate commission. A claim for review shall be filed with the commission not more than 30 days after the date the order of the worker’s compensation magistrate or director is sent to the parties. For sufficient cause shown, the commission may grant further time in which to claim a review.
    (2) If the employer or carrier files a claim for review to the appellate commission, or appeals to the court of appeals, or the supreme court, a copy of the testimony, depositions, and other documents necessary for the appeal shall be furnished by the employer or carrier to the employee or the employee’s attorney.

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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 418.859a

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Carrier: means a self-insurer or an insurer. See Michigan Laws 418.601
  • director: means the director of the bureau or his or her duly authorized representative. See Michigan Laws 418.201
  • employee: means :
    (a) A person in the service of the state, a county, city, township, village, or school district, under any appointment, or contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written. See Michigan Laws 418.161
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.