Ronnie Dancer v. Clark Construction Company Inc ( 2016 )

Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
December 21, 2016 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
153830 Stephen J. Markman
Brian K. Zahra
153889 Bridget M. McCormack
David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
Joan L. Larsen,
RONNIE DANCER and ANNETTE DANCER, Justices
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v SC: 153830
COA: 324314
Kalamazoo CC: 2012-000571-NO
CLARK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.,
Defendant-Appellant,
and
BETTER BUILT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES,
INC.,
Defendant-Appellee.
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RONNIE DANCER and ANNETTE DANCER,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v SC: 153889
COA: 324314
Kalamazoo CC: 2012-000571-NO
CLARK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.,
Defendant-Appellee,
and
BETTER BUILT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES,
INC.,
Defendant-Appellant.
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On order of the Court, the applications for leave to appeal the April 26, 2016
judgment of the Court of Appeals are considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral
argument on whether to grant the application for leave to appeal in Docket No. 153830 or
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take other action. MCR 7.305(H)(1). The parties shall file supplemental briefs within 42
days of the date of this order addressing whether the plaintiffs presented sufficient
evidence to establish genuine issues of material fact with regard to the
common-work-area doctrine’s “element three, danger creating a high degree of risk to a
significant number of workmen, and element four, a common work area.” Ormsby v
Capital Welding, Inc, 471 Mich. 45, 58-59 (2004). The parties should not submit mere
restatements of their application papers.
The application for leave to appeal in Docket No. 153889 remains pending.
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.
December 21, 2016
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Clerk