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directing the parties to consider whether Wickens v. Oakwood Healthcare Sys., 465 Mich. 53, 631 N.W.2d 686, was correctly decided
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No. 138187.
September 30, 2009.
Appeal from the Court of Appeals No. 279676.
Actions on Applications for Leave to Appeal from the Court of Appeals.
Leave to Appeal Granted.
The parties shall include among the issues to be briefed: (1) whether Wickens v Oakwood Healthcare Sys, 465 Mich 53 (2001), was correctly decided; and (2) whether the lower courts erred in finding that Dr. Singer's testimony was inadmissible under MRE 702.
The Clerk of the Court is directed to place this case on the January 2010 session calendar for argument and submission. Appellant's brief and appendix must be filed no later than November 13, 2009, and appellees' brief and appendix, if appellees choose to submit an appendix, must be filed no later than December 4, 2009.
The Michigan State Medical Society, the Michigan Health and Hospital Association, the Michigan Association for Justice, and Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Inc., are invited to file briefs amicus curiae, to be filed no later than December 16, 2009. 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, to be filed no later than December 16, 2009.