Gower v. HARKEMA

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan December 14, 2007 Clifford W. Taylor, Chief Justice 128158-9 Michael F. Cavanagh Elizabeth A. Weaver Marilyn Kelly Maura D. Corrigan Robert P. Young, Jr. MICHELLE GOWER, Personal Stephen J. Markman, Representative of the Estate of Justices EDWIN GOWER, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v SC: 128158, 128159 COA: 256824, 257967 Ingham CC: 03-000299-NH JAMES HARKEMA, M.D., CHRISTOPHER SEIP, M.D., BENJAMIN B. MOSHER, M.D., CHRISTOPHER ABOOD, M.D., TONIA REINCKE, PA-C, SPARROW HOSPITAL, GREG A. HOWELLS, M.D., KEITH BLUM, D.O., CHRISTINA MASER OHM, M.D., KEVIN KRAUSE, M.D., GREGORY NOWINSKI, M.D., JULIE STEIN, M.D., and WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL, ROYAL OAK Defendants-Appellees, and GEORGE ARTHUR WILLIAMS, M.D., and ASSOCIATED RETINAL CONSULTANTS, P.C., Defendants. _________________________________________/ By order of April 13, 2007, the application for leave to appeal the January 25, 2005 and February 1, 2005 orders of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in Mullins v St Joseph Mercy Hosp (Docket No. 131879). On order of the 2 Court, the case having been decided on November 28, 2007, ___ Mich ___ (2007), the application is again considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.302(G)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we REVERSE the orders of the Court of Appeals, REINSTATE the order of the Ingham Circuit Court denying defendants' motion for summary disposition, and REMAND this case to the Ingham Circuit Court for further proceedings not inconsistent with this order and the order in Mullins. 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 14, 2007 _________________________________________ l1211 Clerk