Opinion
SC 167162 COA 359866
11-08-2024
MICHAEL RADKE and KATHLEEN RADKE, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHARLES TRUESDELL, d/b/a TRUESDELL INDUSTRIES, Defendant-Appellee, and RONALD SWENSON, Defendant.
Ingham CC: 20-000513-NO
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 March 7, 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: (1) whether this Court should adopt the Third Restatement of Torts' reasonable-care standard in lieu of traditional status-based categories to determine a premises possessor's duty to persons who suffer physical harm caused by a condition on the land, Stitt v Holland Abundant Life Fellowship, 462 Mich. 591 (2000); see also Kandil-Elsayed v F &E Oil, Inc, 512 Mich. 95, 143-144 (2023); (2) whether adopting the Third Restatement's reasonable-care standard, and thus overruling Stitt, 462 Mich. at 591, comports with the doctrine of stare decisis, see Robinson v City of Detroit, 462 Mich. 439 (2000); and (3) whether, if the status-based categories continue, there is a question of fact that the opening in the floor posed an unreasonable risk of harm, see Blackwell v Franchi, 502 Mich. 918 (2018).
We direct the Clerk to schedule the oral argument in this case for the same future session of the Court when it will hear oral argument in Molitoris v St Mary Magdalen Catholic Church (Docket No. 166699).
The Michigan Association for Justice, Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Inc., and the Negligence 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.