W v. Mich. Assigned Claims Plan, SC: 156622

911 N.W.2d 470 (Mem)

W A FOOTE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, d/b/a Allegiance Health, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v. MICHIGAN ASSIGNED CLAIMS PLAN and Michigan Automobile Insurance Placement Facility, Defendants-Appellees,andJohn Doe Insurance Company, Defendant.

SC: 156622

COA: 333360

Supreme Court of Michigan.

May 25, 2018

Order

On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the August 31, 2017 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on whether to grant the application or take other action. MCR 7.305(H)(1).

The appellant shall file a supplemental brief within 42 days of the date of this order addressing whether: (1) this Court’s decision in Covenant Medical Center, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. , 500 Mich. 191, 895 N.W.2d 490 (2017), should be applied to this case; (2) the Court of Appeals correctly concluded that this Court’s decision in Pohutski v. City of Allen Park , 465 Mich. 675, 696, 641 N.W.2d 219 (2002), has been "effectively repudiated" in the context of judicial decisions of statutory interpretation, see Spectrum Health Hospitals v. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. of Michigan , 492 Mich. 503, 821 N.W.2d 117 (2012) ; Wayne County v. Hathcock , 471 Mich. 445, 484 n. 98, 684 N.W.2d 765 (2004) ; Devillers v. Auto Club Ins. Ass’n , 473 Mich. 562, 587 n. 57, 702 N.W.2d 539 (2005) ; and (3) if Pohutski has not been effectively repudiated, whether the Pohutski framework should have been applied in Spectrum . In addition to the brief, the appellant shall electronically file an appendix conforming to MCR 7.312(D)(2). In the brief, citations to the record must provide the appendix page numbers as required by MCR 7.312(B)(1). The appellees shall file a supplemental brief within 21 days of being served with the appellant’s brief. The...