Opinion
SC 165131 COA 357070
06-02-2023
PORSHA WILLIAMSON and LATESHEA WILLIAMSON, as Co-Personal Representatives of the ESTATE OF CHARLES WILLIAMSON, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AAA OF MICHIGAN, Defendant-Appellant.
Wayne CC: 19-014047-NF
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 September 22, 2022 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 MCL 500.3173a(4), the statutory provision governing fraudulent insurance acts in the filing of a claim for no-fault benefits, applies to misrepresentations offered during discovery. See generally Griffin v Trumbull Ins Co, 509 Mich. 484 (2022); Haydaw v Farm Bureau Ins Co, 332 Mich.App. 719 (2020); Book-Gilbert v Greenleaf, 302 Mich.App. 538 (2013).
The Coalition Protecting Auto No-Fault, the Insurance Alliance of Michigan, and 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.