Opinion
No. 140808.
September 29, 2010.
Court of Appeals No. 289588.
Orders Granting Oral Argument in Cases Pending on Application for Leave to Appeal Entered.
We direct the clerk to schedule oral argument on whether to grant the application or take other peremptory action. MCH 7.302(H)(1). The parties shall submit supplemental briefs within 42 days of the date of this order addressing whether MCL 600.2301 applies to cases initiated before the amendment of MCL 600.5856 in 2004 and whether the plaintiff in this case should have been allowed to amend his notice of intent. The parties should not submit mere restatements of their application papers.
The Michigan Association for Justice and the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Inc. are invited to file briefs amicus curiae. Other persons or groups interested in the determination of the issues presented in this case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae.