Opinion
No. 125818.
December 28, 2004.
SC: 125818.
Orders Granting Oral Argument in Cases Pending on Application for Leave to Appeal.
Pursuant to MCR 7.302(G)(1), the clerk is to schedule oral argument on whether to grant the application or take other peremptory action permitted by MCR 7.302(G)(1). The parties shall include among the issues to be addressed: (1) What is the effect of the agreement at issue with respect to the tortfeasors' liability, if any, for the unsatisfied portion of the judgment? (2) Under what circumstances can an assignment of a bad faith claim allow the assignee's suit against the insurer to proceed? The parties may file supplemental briefs within 28 days of the date of this order. The Michigan Trial Lawyers Association, Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, and the Michigan Insurance Federation are invited to file briefs amicus curiae on the questions presented. Other persons or groups interested in the determination of the questions presented in this case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae. Reported below: 260 Mich App 607.