Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
November 23, 2011 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
143663 Michael F. Cavanagh
Marilyn Kelly
Stephen J. Markman
Diane M. Hathaway
Mary Beth Kelly
JOSEPH PALETTA and SHELLY PALETTA, Brian K. Zahra,
Plaintiffs-Appellees, Justices
v SC: 143663
COA: 298238
Oakland CC: 2008-093717-NO
OAKLAND COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION,
Defendant-Appellant,
and
SUPREME SWEEPING SERVICES, INC.,
Defendant.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the July 21, 2011
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 7.302(H)(1). At
oral argument, the parties shall address whether the accumulation of gravel, natural or
otherwise, on the paved roadway is actionable under the highway exception to the
governmental tort liability act, MCL 691.1402, and, in particular, whether such an
accumulation of gravel implicates the defendant-appellant’s duty to maintain the highway
in “reasonable repair” within the meaning of MCL 691.1402(1). The parties may file
supplemental briefs within 42 days of the date of this order, but they should not submit
mere restatements of their application papers.
I, Corbin R. Davis, 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 23, 2011 _________________________________________
t1122 Clerk