Opinion
SC: 159107, SC: 159124 COA: 340714
12-13-2019
Kathleen M. GAYDOS, Personal Representative of the Estate of Diana Lykos Voutsaras, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Spiro Voutsaras, Plaintiff, v. Gary L. BENDER, Richard A. Cascarilla, Lindsay Nicole Dangl, Vincent P. Spagnuolo, and Murphy & Spagnuolo PC, Defendants, and Kenneth M. Mogill and Mogill, Posner & Cohen, Defendants-Appellants, and Kern G. Slucter and Gannon Group, PC, Defendants-Appellees. Kathleen M. Gaydos, Personal Representative of the Estate of Diana Lykos Voutsaras, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Spiro Voutsaras, Plaintiff, v. Gary L. Bender, Richard A. Cascarilla, Lindsay Nicole Dangl, Vincent P. Spagnuolo, and Murphy & Spagnuolo PC, Defendants, and Kenneth M. Mogill and Mogill, Posner & Cohen, Defendants-Appellees, and Kern G. Slucter and Gannon Group, PC, Defendants-Appellants.
Order
On order of the Court, the applications for leave to appeal the January 3, 2019 judgment of the Court of Appeals are considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on the applications for leave to appeal. MCR 7.305(H)(1).
The appellants shall file supplemental briefs within 42 days of the date of this order addressing whether the privilege of witness immunity extends to retained experts sued for professional malpractice. See Maiden v. Rozwood , 461 Mich. 109, 597 N.W.2d 817 (1999). In addition to the brief, the appellants shall electronically file appendices conforming to MCR 7.312(D)(2). In the briefs, citations to the record must provide the appendix page numbers as required by MCR 7.312(B)(1). The plaintiff-appellee shall file a supplemental brief within 21 days of being served with the appellants’ briefs. The plaintiff-appellee shall also electronically file an appendix, or in the alternative, stipulate to the use of the appendices filed by the appellants. Replies, 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.
The time allowed for oral argument shall be 30 minutes: 15 minutes for appellants, to be divided at their discretion, and 15 minutes for plaintiff-appellee. MCR 7.314(B)(1).
Persons or groups interested in the determination of the issue presented in this case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae. Motions for permission to file briefs amicus curiae and briefs amicus curiae regarding these cases should be filed in Gaydos v. Bender , Docket No. 159107, ––– Mich. ––––, 935 N.W.2d 725, 2019 WL 6830844, only and served on the parties in both cases.
Cavanagh, J., not participating due to a preexisting relationship with a party.