SC: 126199, COA: 240940.

On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the February 24, 2004 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it appearing to this Court that the case of Gerling-Konzern v. Lawson (Docket No. 122938) is pending on appeal before this Court and that the decision in that case may resolve an issue raised in the present application for leave to appeal, we ORDER that the application be held in ABEYANCE pending the decision in that case.