Opinion
SC: 149516
12-19-2014
BONNIE BLACK, as Next Friend of JESSICA BITNER, a Minor, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WILLIAM SHAFER, MARY SHAFER, and IAN GEARHART, Defendants, and ANTHONY SHAFER, Defendant-Appellant.
Order
Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice Michael F. Cavanagh Stephen J. Markman Mary Beth Kelly Brian K. Zahra Bridget M. McCormack David F. Viviano, Justices COA: 312379
Wayne CC: 11-010645-NO
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the March 25, 2014 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties shall address: (1) whether this action sounds in ordinary negligence or in premises liability; (2) the role, if any, of licensor-licensee relationships in this action; (3) the specific nature of the duty, if any, owed by defendant Anthony Shafer to the plaintiff's next friend, Jessica Bitner, with respect to Bitner's injury, including whether the parties had a legally significant "special relationship," see generally, e.g., Williams v Cunningham Drug Stores, Inc, 429 Mich 495 (1988); (4) whether a reasonable juror could determine that a duty was breached; (5) the import of a third party's criminal act in negligently discharging a firearm; and (6) causation generally.
I, Larry S. Royster, 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.
December 19, 2014
/s/_________
Clerk