Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
November 25, 2015 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
Stephen J. Markman
Brian K. Zahra
151343-4 Bridget M. McCormack
David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
Joan L. Larsen,
BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL, Justices
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v SC: 151343-4
COA: 317864, 317866
Kalamazoo CC: 2012-000600-NF
MICHIGAN ASSIGNED CLAIMS FACILITY,
Defendant-Appellant.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the February 19, 2015
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral
argument on whether to grant the application or take other action. MCR 7.305(H)(1).
The parties shall file supplemental briefs within 42 days of the date of this order
addressing whether the Court of Appeals erred when it concluded that the defendant
Michigan Assigned Claims Plan could not deny the plaintiff hospital’s application for
assignment of its claim for benefits as “an obviously ineligible claim,” MCL 500.3173a.
The parties should not submit mere restatements of their application papers.
I, Larry S. Royster, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the
foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.
November 25, 2015
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Clerk