Opinion
No. 130748.
June 23, 2006.
Order Granting Oral Argument in Case Pending on Application for Leave to Appeal
We direct the clerk to schedule oral argument on whether to grant the application or take other peremptory action. MCR 7.302(G)(1). The parties shall include among the issues to be addressed at oral argument whether the phrase "property damage" in the exception to governmental immunity for proprietary functions, MCL 691.1413, encompasses damage caused by tortious interference with a business relationship or, more generally, encompasses damage other than damage to physical property. The parties may file supplemental briefs within 42 days of the date of this order, but they should avoid submitting mere restatements of the arguments made in their application papers. The Michigan Municipal League, the Michigan Townships Association, and the Michigan Association of Counties are invited to file briefs amicus curiae on the issue set forth above. Other persons or groups interested in the determination of that issue may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae. Reported below: 269 Mich App 265.