Willer v. TITAN INSURANCE COMPANY

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan December 20, 2007 Clifford W. Taylor, Chief Justice 133596 & (26) Michael F. Cavanagh Elizabeth A. Weaver Marilyn Kelly FERN WILLER, Maura D. Corrigan Plaintiff-Appellee, Robert P. Young, Jr. Stephen J. Markman, Justices v SC: 133596 COA: 273805 Wayne CC: 06-607259-CK TITAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. _________________________________________/ On order of the Court, the motion for immediate consideration is GRANTED. The application for leave to appeal the February 23, 2007 order of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument during the March 2008 session calendar on whether to grant the application or take other peremptory action. MCR 7.302(G)(1). At oral argument, the parties shall address whether the defendant was entitled to summary disposition because of the absence of a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the causal connection between the plaintiff’s injuries and her scraping the windshield of her vehicle was anything beyond “incidental, fortuitous or ‘but for’” such that the injuries arose out of the “ownership, operation, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle as a motor vehicle” within the meaning of MCL 500.3105(1). The parties may file supplemental briefs no later than February 7, 2008, 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. December 20, 2007 _________________________________________ s1219 Clerk