Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
September 26, 2006 Clifford W. Taylor,
Chief Justice
131034 Michael F. Cavanagh
& (27) Elizabeth A. Weaver
Marilyn Kelly
Maura D. Corrigan
Robert P. Young, Jr.
GERALDINE CLARK, Personal Stephen J. Markman,
Justices
Representative of the Estate of
William Tyrone Lacey,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v SC: 131034
COA: 266632
Wayne CC: 05-515442-NH
BELAL F. ABDALLAH, M.D., and
BELAL F. ABDALLAH, M.D., P.C.,
Defendants-Appellants.
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On order of the Court, it appearing that the proceedings in this case as to
individual defendant Belal F. Abdallah, M.D., are stayed pursuant to 11 USC 362(a) by
the filing of a petition in bankruptcy on June 8, 2006, the case, as to individual defendant
Abdallah only, is administratively CLOSED without prejudice and without decision on
the merits. Once the stay is no longer in effect, the appeal as to defendant Abdallah may
be reopened on the motion of any party filed within 42 days after the date of the order
removing the stay.
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the March 24, 2006 order
of the Court of Appeals is considered and, it appearing to this Court that the case of
Washington v Sinai Hospital of Greater Detroit (Docket No. 130641) is pending on
appeal before this Court and that the decision in that case may resolve an issue raised in
the present application for leave to appeal, we ORDER that the application be held in
ABEYANCE pending the decision in that case. The application remains pending with
regard to the defendant professional corporation only.
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 26, 2006 _________________________________________
l0918 Clerk