Opinion
SC: 161672 COA: 344838
03-17-2021
Charlette LEGION-LONDON, a/k/a Charlette Legion, a/k/a Charlette London, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER, LLC, Michigan Brain & Spine Physicians Group, PLLC, and Aria Sabit, M.D., Defendants-Appellees, and Kevin Crawford, D.O., PC and Kevin Crawford, D.O., Defendants-Appellants.
Order
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the February 6, 2020 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on the application. MCR 7.305(H)(1).
The appellants shall file a supplemental brief by August 30, 2021, with no extensions except upon a showing of good cause, addressing whether the Court of Appeals erred when it determined that the second affidavit of merit constituted an amendment of the first affidavit of merit. In the brief, 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’ brief. A reply, 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 Negligence Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, 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 issue presented in this case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae.