Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
May 25, 2018 Stephen J. Markman,
Chief Justice
156240 Brian K. Zahra
Bridget M. McCormack
HOME-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
Plaintiff-Appellee, Kurtis T. Wilder
and Elizabeth T. Clement,
AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Justices
Plaintiff,
v SC: 156240
COA: 331934
Ingham CC: 15-000025-CK
RICHARD JANKOWSKI and JANET
JANKOWSKI,
Defendants-Appellants.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the May 11, 2017
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 appellants shall file a supplemental brief within 42 days of the date of this
order addressing whether, to be eligible to receive personal protection insurance (PIP)
benefits, they were required to register, in Michigan, the vehicle involved in the accident,
and were thus obligated to maintain security for the payment of PIP benefits pursuant to
MCL 500.3101 or be precluded from receiving such benefits by MCL 500.3113(b). In
addition to the brief, the appellants shall electronically file an appendix conforming to
MCR 7.312(D)(2). In the brief, citations to the record must provide the appendix page
numbers as required by MCR 7.312(B)(1). The appellee shall file a supplemental brief
within 21 days of being served with the appellants’ brief. The appellee shall also
electronically file an appendix, or in the alternative, stipulate to the use of the appendix
filed by the appellants. A reply, if any, must be filed by the appellants within 14 days of
being served with the appellee’s brief. The parties should not submit mere restatements
of their application papers.
The Coalition Protecting Auto No-Fault, the Insurance Alliance of Michigan, the
Negligence Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, and the Michigan Association for
Justice are invited to file briefs amicus curiae. Other persons or groups interested in the
determination of the issues presented in this case may move the Court for permission to
file briefs amicus curiae.
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.
May 25, 2018
p0522
Clerk