Amerigo Palarchio v. Automobile Club Insurance Association

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan November 3, 2006 Clifford W. Taylor, Chief Justice 128620 Michael F. Cavanagh Elizabeth A. Weaver Marilyn Kelly AMERIGO PALARCHIO, as Conservator Maura D. Corrigan and Guardian of LINDA PALARCHIO, Robert P. Young, Jr. a legally incapacitated person, Stephen J. Markman, Justices Plaintiff-Appellee, v SC: 128620 COA: 258847 Wayne CC: 02-238086-NF AUTOMOBILE CLUB INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellant. _________________________________________/ By order of September 21, 2005, the application for leave to appeal the March 24, 2005 order of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in Cameron v Auto Club Ins Ass’n (Docket No. 127018). On order of the Court, the case having been decided on July 28, 2006, 476 Mich 55 (2006), the application is again considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.302(G)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we REMAND this case to the Wayne Circuit Court for reconsideration of its order of October 13, 2004, granting plaintiff’s motion for summary disposition concerning room and board expenses, in light of this Court’s decision in Griffith v State Farm Mut Automobile Ins Co, 472 Mich 521 (2005). We do not retain jurisdiction. WEAVER, J., dissents and states as follows: I would grant leave to appeal in this case to reconsider Griffith v State Farm Mut Automobile Ins Co, 472 Mich 521 (2005). CAVANAGH and KELLY, JJ., join the statement of WEAVER, J. 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 3, 2006 _________________________________________ p1031 Clerk