Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

December 16, 2014 Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice

Michael F. Cavanagh 149270(52) Stephen J. Markman Mary Beth Kelly Brian K. Zahra JOHN KRUSAC, Personal Representative of the Bridget M. McCormack ESTATE OF DOROTHY KRUSAC, David F. Viviano, Justices Plaintiff-Appellee, SC: 149270 v COA: 321719 Saginaw CC: 12-015433-NH COVENANT MEDICAL CENTER, INC., d/b/a COVENANT MEDICAL CENTER-HARRISON, d/b/a COVENANT HEALTHCARE, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________________________/

On order of the Chief Justice, the motion of Michigan’s State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program to permit the late filing of the brief amicus curiae is GRANTED. The amicus brief submitted on December 11, 2014, is accepted for filing.

I, Larry S. Royster, 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 16, 2014