Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
September 29, 2010 Marilyn Kelly,
Chief Justice
140808 Michael F. Cavanagh
Maura D. Corrigan
PAUL G. GREEN II, as Personal Robert P. Young, Jr.
Stephen J. Markman
Representative of the Estate of PAUL Diane M. Hathaway
GERALD GREEN, Deceased, Alton Thomas Davis,
Plaintiff-Appellant, Justices
v SC: 140808
COA: 289588
Berrien CC: 2004-003044-NH
CHARLES PIERSON, M.D., BARBARA
CARLSON, M.D., SOUTHWESTERN
MEDICAL CLINIC, P.C., RICHARD
KAMMENZIND, M.D., THOMAS POW,
M.D., GREAT LAKES HEART & VASCULAR
INSTITUTE, P.C., and LAKELAND
MEDICAL CENTER ST. JOSEPH,
Defendants-Appellees,
and
HEALTHCARE MIDWEST INTERNAL
MEDICINE,
Defendant.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the February 9, 2010
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 peremptory action. MCR
7.302(H)(1). The parties shall submit supplemental briefs within 42 days of the date of
this order addressing whether MCL 600.2301 applies to cases initiated before the
amendment of MCL 600.5856 in 2004 and whether the plaintiff in this case should have
been allowed to amend his notice of intent. The parties should not submit mere
restatements of their application papers.
The Michigan Association for Justice and the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel,
Inc. 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, 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.
September 29, 2010 _________________________________________
d0922 Clerk