Bullard v. TITUS CONSTRUCTION CO.

We granted defendants A. F. Murch Company’s and Pacific Employers Insurance Company’s application for rehearing in this case to consider whether we incorrectly ordered the case remanded to the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board for a determination of whether plaintiffs two stepchildren are dependents in fact. We now conclude that remand was unnecessary.

In this Court’s original opinion, 118 Mich App 631; 325 NW2d 521 (1982), we concluded that plaintiffs two stepchildren did not fit within the conclusive presumption of dependency set forth in MCL 418.353(l)(a)(ii); MSA 17.237(353)(l)(a)(ii).…