Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
November 23, 2009 Marilyn Kelly,
Chief Justice
Michael F. Cavanagh
Elizabeth A. Weaver
138983-4 Maura D. Corrigan
Robert P. Young, Jr.
Stephen J. Markman
Diane M. Hathaway,
LYNN M. ROUSSEAU, Personal Justices
Representative of the Estate of KELLY
SUE ROUSSEAU, Deceased,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v SC: 138983-4
COA: 280441; 281093
Chippewa CC: 05-007915-NH
KRISTINA MASUGA, M.D., TIMOTHY
TETZLAFF, D.O., JOHN OCKENFELS,
D.O., RIVERSIDE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES,
P.C., and TENDERCARE, INC.,
Defendants-Appellees.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the April 21, 2009
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.302(H)(1), in
lieu of granting leave to appeal, we VACATE the judgment of the Court of Appeals in
part and the order of the Chippewa Circuit Court granting defendant Tendercare’s motion
for summary disposition, and we REMAND this case to the Chippewa Circuit Court for
reconsideration of that defendant’s motion in light of this Court’s decisions in Bush v
Shabahang, 484 Mich 156 (2009), and Potter v McLeary, 484 Mich 397 (2009), and
MCL 600.2301.
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, 2009 _________________________________________
d1116 Clerk