Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

February 19, 2016 Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice

Stephen J. Markman Brian K. Zahra 150882(57) Bridget M. McCormack David F. Viviano Richard H. Bernstein CYNTHIA HARDY, Personal Representative of Joan L. Larsen, the ESTATE OF MARGARET MARIE ROUSH, Justices Plaintiff-Appellee, SC: 150882 v COA: 317406 Montcalm CC: 2012-016830-CZ LAURELS OF CARSON CITY, LLC, Defendant-Appellant. _________________________________________/

On order of the Chief Justice, the motion of the Michigan Elder Justice Initiative, the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care, the State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, and the Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service, Inc. to file a late amicus curiae brief is GRANTED. The amicus brief submitted on February 17, 2016, 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. February 19, 2016 Clerk