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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS


DOROTHY KETTLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v ALPINE REGIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND ACCIDENT FUND OF MICHIGAN, Defendant-Appellee.

UNPUBLISHED January 6, 1998

No. 199437 WCAC Docket No. 93-0799

Before: Saad, P.J., and Holbrook and Doctoroff, JJ. PER CURIAM. Our Supreme Court has remanded this matter to this Court for consideration as on leave granted. Plaintiff appeals an order entered on September 15, 1995 by the Worker's Compensation Appellate Commission (WCAC) denying reconsideration of an order entered on June 28, 1995, dismissing her appeal. We affirm. In a decision mailed on August 16, 1993, a magistrate denied plaintiff's claim for benefits. Plaintiff filed a timely claim for review and requested an extension of time to file her brief. By letter, the WCAC granted plaintiff a sixty-day extension until January 8, 1994, in which to file her brief. The letter stated that failure to file a brief in a timely manner would result in dismissal or summary affirmance. Plaintiff's counsel contacted defense counsel to determine if he would object to a short delay in filing the brief (i.e. after January 8, 1994). Defense counsel indicated that he would not object and plaintiff's brief was ultimately filed on January 20, 1994

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