Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan October 3, 2007 Clifford W. Taylor, Chief Justice Michael F. Cavanagh Elizabeth A. Weaver Marilyn Kelly Maura D. Corrigan 131879(80) Robert P. Young, Jr. Stephen J. Markman, Justices

MARY MULLINS, Personal Representative of the Estate of Nina F. Mullins, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, SC: 131879 v COA: 263210 Washtenaw CC: 03-000812-NH ST. JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL, d/b/a ST. JOSEPH MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM, JASON WHITE, M.D., RAFAEL J.

GROSSMAN, M.D., and KIMBERLY STEWART, M.D., Defendants-Appellees and JAMES R. BENGSTON, and WALTER WHITEHOUSE, M.D., Defendants.

________________________________ On order of the Chief Justice, the motion by the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association for leave to filed a brief amicus curiae is considered and it 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.

October 3, 2007 _________________________________________ Clerk