Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
September 14, 2006 Clifford W. Taylor,
Chief Justice
130073 Michael F. Cavanagh
Elizabeth A. Weaver
WAPEKA B. BARNETT, Personal Marilyn Kelly
Representative of the Estate of James Otha Maura D. Corrigan
Barnett, III, Deceased, Robert P. Young, Jr.
Plaintiff-Appellee, Stephen J. Markman,
Justices
v SC: 130073
COA: 255318
Oakland CC: 2001-030478-NH
CESAR D. HIDALGO, M.D., CESAR D.
HIDALGO, M.D., P.C.,
Defendants-Appellants,
and
RENATO ALBARAN, M.D., and RENATO
ALBARAN, M.D., P.C.,
Defendants-Appellees,
and
MUSKESH S. SHAH, M.D., ONCOLOGY &
HEMATOLOGY OF OAKLAND, P.C.,
CRITTENTON HOSPITAL, and CRITTENTON
CORPORATION,
Defendants.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the September 13, 2005
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties shall
include among the issues to be briefed whether Brewer v Payless Stations, Inc, 412 Mich
673 (1982), and Clery v Sherwood, 151 Mich App 55 (1986), have continuing vitality in
light of MCL 600.6304 and MCL 600.2957, which require the finder of fact to determine
and apportion the liability of non-parties.
The Michigan Trial Lawyers Association and Michigan Defense Trial Counsel,
Inc. are invited to file briefs amicus curiae. Other persons or groups interested in the
determination of the issues presented in this case may move the Court for permission to
file briefs amicus curiae.
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 14, 2006 _________________________________________
t0907 Clerk