Opinion
No. 120768.
November 19, 2002.
COA: 231169, WCAC: 00-000183
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal from the December 21, 2001 decision of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties are directed to include among the issues to be briefed: (1) how the words "reasonable" and "needed" should be construed in MCL 418.315(1); (2) whether and, if so, when the duty to pay medical expenses for a mental disability arose in this case; and (3) whether plaintiff's claim is barred by res judicata.
Persons or groups interested in the resolution of these issues, including the Worker's Compensation Section of the State Bar of Michigan, are invited to move the Court for permission to appear as amicus curiae.