Case Information

*1 Order Michigan Supreme Court

Lansing, Michigan December 21, 2016 Robert P. Young, Jr.,

Chief Justice 153830 Stephen J. Markman Brian K. Zahra 153889 Bridget M. McCormack David F. Viviano Richard H. Bernstein Joan L. Larsen, RONNIE DANCER and ANNETTE DANCER, Justices Plaintiffs-Appellees, v SC: 153830

COA: 324314 Kalamazoo CC: 2012-000571-NO CLARK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.,

Defendant-Appellant,

and

BETTER BUILT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES,

INC.,

Defendant-Appellee.

_________________________________________/

RONNIE DANCER and ANNETTE DANCER,

Plaintiffs-Appellees,

v SC: 153889

COA: 324314 Kalamazoo CC: 2012-000571-NO CLARK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.,

Defendant-Appellee,

and

BETTER BUILT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES,

INC.,

Defendant-Appellant.

_________________________________________/

On order of the Court, the applications for leave to appeal the April 26, 2016 judgment of the Court of Appeals are considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on whether to grant the application for leave to appeal in Docket No. 153830 or *2 2 take other action. MCR 7.305(H)(1). The parties shall file supplemental briefs within 42 days of the date of this order addressing whether the plaintiffs presented sufficient evidence to establish genuine issues of material fact with regard to the common-work-area doctrine’s “element three, danger creating a high degree of risk to a significant number of workmen, and element four, a common work area.” Ormsby v Capital Welding, Inc , 471 Mich 45, 58-59 (2004). The parties should not submit mere restatements of their application papers.

The application for leave to appeal in Docket No. 153889 remains pending.

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. December 21, 2016

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