State Farm Mutual Auto Ins Co v. Mi Municipal Risk Management Auth ( 2017 )

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan May 17, 2017 Stephen J. Markman, Chief Justice 154434 & (75)(77)(81) Brian K. Zahra Bridget M. McCormack David F. Viviano STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE Richard H. Bernstein INSURANCE COMPANY, Joan L. Larsen Plaintiff, Kurtis T. Wilder, v SC: 154434 Justices COA: 319710 Kalamazoo CC: MICHIGAN MUNICIPAL RISK 2012-000202-CK MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY, Defendant-Appellant/ Cross-Appellee, and QBE INSURANCE CORPORATION, Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Third-Party-Defendant, and SECRETARY OF STATE, WHITNEY GRAY, MARTIN BONGERS and WILLIAM JOHNSON, Third-Party-Defendants. ___________________________________________/ On order of the Court, the motion to consolidate is DENIED. The application for leave to appeal the August 30, 2016 judgment of the Court of Appeals and the application for leave to appeal as cross-appellant are considered. It appearing to this Court that the case of Bazzi v Sentinel Insurance Company (Docket No. 154442) is pending on appeal before this Court and that the decision in that case may resolve an issue raised in the present applications for leave to appeal, we ORDER that the applications be held in ABEYANCE pending the decision in that case. The motion to strike 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. May 17, 2017 a0510 Clerk