Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

December 12, 2006 Clifford W. Taylor, Chief Justice

128579(71) Michael F. Cavanagh Elizabeth A. Weaver Marilyn Kelly Maura D. Corrigan DAYLE TRENTADUE, as Personal Robert P. Young, Jr. Representative of the Estate of Stephen J. Markman, Justices MARGARETTE F. EBY, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, SC: 128579 v COA: 252207 Genesee CC: 02-074145-NZ BUCKLER AUTOMATIC LAWN SPRINKLER COMPANY, SHIRLEY GORTON and LAURENCE W. GORTON, Defendants-Appellants, and

JEFFREY GORTON, VICTOR NYBERG,

TODD MICHAEL BAKOS, MFO MANAGEMENT

COMPANY, and CARL F. BEKOFSKE, as

Personal Representative of the Estate of RUTH R.

MOTT, Deceased,

Defendants. _________________________________________

On order of the Chief Justice, the motion by Channing Pollock and others for leave to file a brief amicus curiae in this case is GRANTED.

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. December 12, 2006 _________________________________________ Clerk