901 N.W.2d 887
Mich.
2017

TAMARA WOODRING, Plaintiff-Appellee, v PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

SC: 151414, COA: 324128, Muskegon CC: 14-049544-NI

Michigan Supreme Court

October 5, 2017

Stephen J. Markman, Chief Justice; Brian K. Zahra, Bridget M. McCormack, David F. Viviano, Richard H. Bernstein, Joan L. Larsen, Kurtis T. Wilder, Justices

151414

Order

By order of September 27, 2016, the application for leave to appeal the March 3, 2015 order of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in Spectrum Health Hospitals v Westfield Ins Co (Docket No. 151419). On order of the Court, the case having been decided on June 30, 2017, 500 Mich ___ (2017), the application is again considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.305(H)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we REMAND this case to the Court of Appeals for consideration as on leave granted. Among the issues to be considered, the Court of Appeals shall address whether the causal connection between the plaintiff’s injuries and the maintenance of a motor vehicle as a motor vehicle is more than incidental, fortuitous, or “but for.” Thornton v Allstate Ins Co, 425 Mich 643, 659 (1986).

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.

October 5, 2017

Clerk