Nancy Jane Defrain v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co ( 2011 )

Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
September 21, 2011 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
Michael F. Cavanagh
Marilyn Kelly
142956 Stephen J. Markman
Diane M. Hathaway
Mary Beth Kelly
Brian K. Zahra,
NANCY JANE DeFRAIN, Personal Justices
Representative of the Estate of
WILLIAM DeFRAIN,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v SC: 142956
COA: 294505
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE Wayne CC: 08-125814-NF
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant-Appellant.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the March 10, 2011
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 7.302(H)(1). At
oral argument, the parties shall address whether this case is controlled by Jackson v State
Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 472 Mich 942 (2005), and whether the
30-day notice requirement regarding hit-and-run accidents in the defendant’s policy is
enforceable without a showing of prejudice to the defendant due to the claimant’s failure
to comply with the provision. The parties may file supplemental briefs within 42 days of
the date of this order, but they should not submit mere restatements of their application
papers.
I, Corbin R. Davis, 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.
September 21, 2011 _________________________________________
d0914 Clerk