(a) The Board of Magistrate’s case number or, if no case number has been assigned, the
claimant’s social security number with the first 5 digits redacted.
(b) The Commission’s docket number, if assigned when the document is filed.
(2) Filing may be accomplished by any of the following:
(a) Hand delivery, mailing, or delivery service.
(b) Facsimile transmission.
(c) Any other means formally authorized by the commission, including electronic filing
using the FTS.
(3) A document filed via facsimile transmission is deemed to have been filed on the day the
document is received by the commission between 12:00:00 a.m. and 11:59:59 p.m. under then-
prevailing time in Lansing, Michigan.
(4) A document filed via an approved electronic filing system is deemed to have been filed
on the day the document is accepted by the system between 12:00:00 a.m. and 11:59:59 p.m.
under then-prevailing time in Lansing, Michigan.
(5) Unless authorized by the commission pursuant to subrule (2)(c) of this rule, filing by e-
mail is prohibited. Service on opposing counsel by e-mail is prohibited unless opposing counsel
has agreed in advance, by written or e-mail correspondence, to accept such service.
(6) The commission shall recognize only 1 attorney for each party for the purpose of
receiving correspondence and filing pleadings. The attorney for an appellant is the person
signing the claim for review. The attorney for an appellee is the person who represented the
appellee at the hearing or an attorney who first files an appearance for the appellee. Once an
attorney is recognized in correspondence from the commission, a party may change the attorney
by filing a stipulation between the current and the new attorney or by filing a motion.
(7) An attorney who has filed a claim for review or entered an appearance may withdraw
only by order of the commission, upon motion filed and served upon all parties, including the
client of the attorney seeking to withdraw.
(8) All parties representing themselves and all attorneys representing a party shall keep the
commission informed of their current mailing addresses, telephone numbers, facsimile numbers,
and email addresses.
(9) A required signature means a written signature, or an electronic signature.
History: 2021 MR 21, Eff. Nov. 12, 2021.
R 418.64 Filing of claim for review.
Rule 4. (1) An appeal to the commission begins when a party files a claim for review. Any
party filing a claim for review is an appellant. All other parties are appellees, but their filings
may also make them an appellant, cross appellant, or cross appellee. An appellant shall provide
copies of the filing to all other parties at the time of filing with the commission, and shall certify
to the commission that the required copies have been provided.
(2) Unless otherwise provided by the provisions of the worker’s disability compensation act
of 1969, 1969 PA 317, MCL 418.101 to 418.941, a claim for review is timely if received by the
commission as follows:
(a) Not later than 30 days after the mailing date stamped or designated by the workers’
disability compensation agency on the appealed decision or order, in the case of an appeal from
the order of a workers’ compensation magistrate.
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