Opinion
SC 163216 COA 350767
12-22-2021
CANDI OTTGEN and PATRICK OTTGEN, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ABDALMAIJID KATRANJI, M.D., KATRANJI RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL INSTITUTE, KATRANJI RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY INSTITUTE, PLLC, KATRANJI FAMILY FOUNDATION, KATRANJI HAND CENTER, and KATRANJI INSTITUTE, Defendants-Appellees. v.
Ingham CC: 19-000266-NH
Brian K. Zahra David F. Viviano Richard H. Bernstein Elizabeth T. Clement Megan K. Cavanagh Elizabeth M. Welch, Justices
ORDER
Bridget M. McCormack, Chief Justice
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the May 20, 2021 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties shall address whether Scarsella v Pollack, 461 Mich. 547 (2000), was correctly decided and whether the plaintiffs' complaint, which was filed without an affidavit of merit contrary to MCL 600.2912d(1), should have been dismissed without prejudice. The appellants' brief and appendix shall be filed by February 28, 2022, with no extensions except upon a showing of good cause. The time for filing the remaining briefs shall be as set forth in MCR 7.312(E). The time allowed for oral argument shall be 20 minutes for each side. MCR 7.314(B)(1).
The Michigan Association for Justice, the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Inc., 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 issue presented in this case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae.
I, Larry S. Royster, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.