Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
March 23, 2011 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
142127 Michael F. Cavanagh
Marilyn Kelly
Stephen J. Markman
Diane M. Hathaway
CANDICE JOHNSON and BABY JOHNSON, Mary Beth Kelly
Plaintiffs-Appellees, Brian K. Zahra,
Justices
v SC: 142127
COA: 288338
Jackson CC: 08-000721-NH
RAJAN PASTORIZA, M.D. and RAJAN
PASTORIZA, M.D., P.L.C., d/b/a WOMEN’S
FIRST HEALTH SERVICES,
Defendants-Appellants.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the October 12, 2010
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties shall
include among the issues to be briefed: (1) whether the 2005 amendment of MCL
600.2922, 2005 PA 270, applies retroactively, and (2) if so, whether the reference to
“death as described in section 2922a” in the 2005 amendment to MCL 600.2922
incorporates the exceptions to recovery contained at MCL 600.2922a(2).
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.
March 23, 2011 _________________________________________
0316 Clerk