Opinion
SC 162302 COA 349522
10-22-2021
JOELYNN T. STOKES, Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF LINDA HORN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MICHAEL J. SWOFFORD, D.O., and SOUTHFIELD RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATES, PLLC, Defendants-Appellants.
Oakland CC: 2018-164148-NH.
Bridget M. McCormack, Chief Justice, Brian K. Zahra, David F. Viviano, Richard H. Bernstein, Elizabeth T. Clement, Megan K. Cavanagh, Elizabeth M. Welch, Justices.
ORDER
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the October 22, 2020 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on the application. MCR 7.305(H)(1).
The appellants shall file a supplemental brief addressing whether MCL 600.2169, as interpreted by Woodard v Custer, 476 Mich. 545 (2006), permits a medical malpractice plaintiff to establish the standard of care with an expert whose subspecialty focuses on the type of care at issue, but whose subspecialty is not the same specialty of the defendant health professional. The appellants' brief shall be filed by January 31, 2022, with no extensions except upon a showing of good cause. In the brief, citations to the record must provide the appendix page numbers as required by MCR 7.312(B)(1). The appellee shall file a supplemental brief within 21 days of being served with the appellants' brief. A reply, if any, must be filed by the appellants within 14 days of being served with the appellee's brief. The parties should not submit mere restatements of their application papers.