Opinion
SC: 151414 COA: 324128
10-05-2017
Tamara WOODRING, Plaintiff–Appellee, v. PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant–Appellant.
Order
By order of September 27, 2016, the application for leave to appeal the March 3, 2015 order of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in Spectrum Health Hospitals v. Westfield Ins. Co. On order of the Court, the case having been decided on June 30, 2017, 500 Mich. 1024, 897 N.W.2d 166 (2017), the application is again considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.305(H)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we REMAND this case to the Court of Appeals for consideration as on leave granted. Among the issues to be considered, the Court of Appeals shall address whether the causal connection between the plaintiff's injuries and the maintenance of a motor vehicle as a motor vehicle is more than incidental, fortuitous, or "but for." Thornton v. Allstate Ins. Co. , 425 Mich. 643, 659, 391 N.W.2d 320 (1986).