Lowery v. Enbridge Energy Ltd. P'ship, Docket No. 151600.
| Decision Date | 30 March 2016 |
| Docket Number | COA No. 319199.,Docket No. 151600. |
| Parties | Chance LOWERY, Plaintiff–Appellee, v. ENBRIDGE ENERGY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP and Enbridge Energy Partners LP, Defendants–Appellants. |
| Court | Michigan Supreme Court |
Order
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the April 2, 2015 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties shall include among the issues to be briefed: (1) whether the plaintiff in this toxic tort case sufficiently established causation to avoid summary disposition under MCR 2.116(C)(10)
; and (2) whether the plaintiff was required to present expert witness testimony regarding general and specific causation. See Genna v. Jackson, 286 Mich.App. 413, 781 N.W.2d 124 (2009).
Persons or groups interested in the determination of the issues presented in this case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae.
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...plaintiff was required to present expert-witness testimony regarding general and specific causation. Lowery v. Enbridge Energy Ltd. Partnership , 499 Mich. 886, 876 N.W.2d 567 (2016). Ultimately, however, the Court issued a short-form order that addressed only the first of those issues, con......
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