Bezeau v. Palace Sports & Entertainment

• Decision Date: 08 May 2009
• Docket Number: Docket No. 137500.,COA No. 285593.
• Citation: 483 Mich. 1001,764 N.W.2d 575
• Parties: Andre BEZEAU, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PALACE SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT, INC., Defendant-Appellee.
• Court: Michigan Supreme Court

764 N.W.2d 575

483 Mich. 1001

Andre BEZEAU, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PALACE SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Docket No. 137500.

COA No. 285593.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

May 8, 2009.

Order

On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the September 5, 2008 order of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on whether to grant the application or take other peremptory action. MCR 7.302(G)(1). At oral argument, the parties shall address whether the jurisdictional standard established at MCL 418.845, as interpreted by this Court in Karaczweski v. Farbman Stein & Co., 478 Mich. 28, 732 N.W.2d 56 (2007), should be applied in this case. The parties may file supplemental briefs within 56 days of the date of this order, but they should not submit mere restatements of their application papers.

The Worker's Compensation Section of the State Bar of Michigan is invited to file a brief amicus curiae. Other persons or groups interested in the determination of the issue presented in this case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae.