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incorporated herein by this reference. At the time of filing the
petition, petitioner resided in Remus, Michigan.
Petitioner has been married to Tony L. Baldwin (Mr. Baldwin)
for more than 30 years, including the years in issue. They have
7 children from their marriage. Mr. Baldwin has been an employee
of General Motors Company, Buick Division (GM) since 1965,
working for the first 10-1/2 years in GM’s foundry without
difficulty. It was not until after automation eliminated his
permanent position, requiring Mr. Baldwin to move from job
assignment to job assignment, that Mr. Baldwin began to
experience emotional problems. These emotional problems
progressively worsened through late 1975 to early 1976.
Beginning in 1976, Mr. Baldwin sought medical and psychiatric
help from various doctors and hospitals. Throughout 1976 to
1979, Mr. Baldwin took medical leave from his position at GM,
ranging from a few weeks to a few months at a time. In late
1976, Mr. Baldwin was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia by
his attending physician. Mr. Baldwin retired from GM on total
and permanent disability on June 1, 1979.
On August 27, 1980, Mr. Baldwin filed a claim for worker’s
compensation benefits against GM for work-related injuries and
for total and permanent disability on a psychiatric basis. Mr.
Baldwin filed an amended claim on October 21, 1980. Both claims
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