Amerigo Palarchio v. Automobile Club Insurance Association ( 2006 )

Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
November 3, 2006 Clifford W. Taylor,
Chief Justice
128620 Michael F. Cavanagh
Elizabeth A. Weaver
Marilyn Kelly
AMERIGO PALARCHIO, as Conservator Maura D. Corrigan
and Guardian of LINDA PALARCHIO, Robert P. Young, Jr.
a legally incapacitated person, Stephen J. Markman,
Justices
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v SC: 128620
COA: 258847
Wayne CC: 02-238086-NF
AUTOMOBILE CLUB INSURANCE
ASSOCIATION,
Defendant-Appellant.
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By order of September 21, 2005, the application for leave to appeal the March 24,
2005 order of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in
Cameron v Auto Club Ins Ass’n (Docket No. 127018). On order of the Court, the case
having been decided on July 28, 2006, 476 Mich 55 (2006), the application is again
considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.302(G)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we
REMAND this case to the Wayne Circuit Court for reconsideration of its order of
October 13, 2004, granting plaintiff’s motion for summary disposition concerning room
and board expenses, in light of this Court’s decision in Griffith v State Farm Mut
Automobile Ins Co, 472 Mich 521 (2005).
We do not retain jurisdiction.
WEAVER, J., dissents and states as follows:
I would grant leave to appeal in this case to reconsider Griffith v State Farm Mut
Automobile Ins Co, 472 Mich 521 (2005).
CAVANAGH and KELLY, JJ., join the statement of WEAVER, J.
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.
November 3, 2006 _________________________________________
p1031 Clerk