Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan November 1, 2006 Clifford W. Taylor, Chief Justice 131475 Michael F. Cavanagh Elizabeth A. Weaver Marilyn Kelly Maura D. Corrigan SUZANNE VERBRUGGHE, as Robert P. Young, Jr. Personal Representative of the Stephen J. Markman, Justices Estate of George Verbrugghe, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v SC: 131475 COA: 263686 Macomb CC: 04-004423-NH SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL – MACOMB COUNTY, INC., Defendant-Appellant, and ARSENIO V. DeLEON, M.D., and MARIUS LAURINAITIS, M.D., Defendants-Appellees, and JAVED ZIA, M.D., Defendant. _________________________________________/ On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the March 23, 2006 judgment 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. 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 1, 2006 _________________________________________ l1025 Clerk