MURPHY v. MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE CO.

Docket No. 96265, (Calendar No. 5).

447 Mich. 93 (1994)

523 N.W.2d 310

MURPHY v. MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 31, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rapaport, Pollok, Farrell & Waldron, P.C. (by Steven J. Pollok and Kassia L. Snyder), for the plaintiff.

Lacey & Jones (by Michael T. Reinholm) for the defendant.


RILEY, J.

Today we are called upon to consider the duration of the total dependency presumption in cases involving minors entitled to death benefits under § 321 of the Worker's Disability Compensation Act. The language of the statutes at issue makes clear that the conclusive presumption of dependency automatically terminates at the end of the statutorily mandated 500-week period. Thereafter, the continuation of benefits to dependents under a certain age is a...

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