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MURPHY v. AMERITECH

Docket No. 185803.

561 N.W.2d 875 (1997)

221 Mich. App. 591

Candace MURPHY, widow of Dennis D. Wainman, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERITECH, formerly known as Michigan Bell Telephone Company, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided February 18, 1997, at 9:10 a.m.

Released for Publication April 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rapaport, Pollok, Farrell & Waldron, P.C. by Steven J. Pollok, Lansing, for plaintiff-appellee.

Lacey & Jones by Michael T. Reinholm, Birmingham, for defendant-appellant.

Before SAAD, P.J., and RICHARD ALLEN GRIFFIN and M.H. CHERRY, JJ.

RICHARD ALLEN GRIFFIN, Judge.

Defendant appeals by leave granted an order of the Worker's Compensation Appellate Commission (WCAC), which, after remand from our Supreme Court, held that plaintiff's children are entitled to additional death benefits pursuant to M.C.L. § 418.335; M.S.A. § 17.237(335). We affirm in part and reverse in part.

We hold that children under sixteen are conclusively presumed dependent on the deceased parent, but that dependency...

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