Spectrum Health Hospitals v. Westfield Insurance Company ( 2016 )

Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
January 29, 2016 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
Stephen J. Markman
Brian K. Zahra
151419 Bridget M. McCormack
David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
Joan L. Larsen,
SPECTRUM HEALTH HOSPITALS Justices
and SPECTRUM HEALTH UNITED,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v SC: 151419
COA: 323804
Kent CC: 14-002515-AV
WESTFIELD INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant-Appellant.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the March 2, 2015 order
of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on
whether to grant the application or take other action. MCR 7.305(H)(1). The parties
shall file supplemental briefs within 42 days of the date of this order addressing: (1)
whether Miller v Auto-Owners Ins Co, 411 Mich. 633 (1981), remains a viable precedent
in light of Frazier v Allstate Ins Co, 490 Mich. 381 (2011), and LeFevers v State Farm
Mut Auto Ins Co, 493 Mich. 960 (2013); and (2) if so, whether Miller should be overruled.
The parties should not submit mere restatements of their application papers.
The Michigan Association for Justice, Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Inc., and
the Negligence Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan 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, Larry S. Royster, 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.
January 29, 2016
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Clerk