Hagerman v. Gencorp Automotive

We granted leave to appeal to examine the Legislature’s use of the phrase “proximate cause” in MCL 418.375(2); MSA 17.237(375)(2), which provides for survivor’s benefits under the worker’s compensation act.1 We decline to take up the cudgel with *723regard to the dissent’s scholarly exploration of the evils of judicial legislation or to reconsider the holding in Dedes v Asch, 446 Mich 99; 521 NW2d 488 (1994).2 Because the circumstances of decedent’s *724death were within the range of compensable consequences under subsection 375(2), we reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and reinstate the…