Opinion
SC 166702 COA 350655
09-11-2024
MARY ANNE MARKEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellee, and HOSPITAL CONSULTANTS, PC, LINET LONAPPAN, M.D., and IOANA MORARIU, Defendants.
Oakland CC: 2018-164979-NH
Elizabeth T. Clement, Chief Justice Brian K. Zahra David F. Viviano Richard H. Bernstein Megan K. Cavanagh Elizabeth M. Welch Kyra H. Bolden, Justices
ORDER
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the January 4, 2024 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 parties shall file supplemental briefs in accordance with MCR 7.312(E), addressing whether: (1) the Court of Appeals correctly applied the ostensible agency test set forth in Grewe v Mount Clemens General Hosp, 404 Mich. 240 (1978), see Markel v William Beaumont Hosp, 510 Mich. 1071 (2022); and (2) the defendant-appellee is entitled to summary disposition of the plaintiff-appellant's medical malpractice claim that is premised on vicarious liability for the alleged negligence of Dr. Linet Lonappan under a theory of ostensible agency.
The Michigan Association for Justice, Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Inc., Michigan Health and Hospital Association, and the Negligence Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan 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.