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Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

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JOHANNA WOODARD, Individually and as Next friend of AUSTIN D. WOODARD, a Minor, and STEVEN WOODARD, Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross-Appellants v JOSEPH R. CUSTER, M.D., Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee and MICHAEL K. LIPSCOMB, M.D., MICHELLE M. NYPAVER, M.D., and MONA M. RISKALLA, M.D., Defendants. ______________________________________ JOHANNA WOODARD, Individually and as Next Friend of AUSTIN D. WOODARD, a Minor, and STEVEN WOODARD, Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL CENTER,

Chief Justice:

Justices:

Clifford W. Taylor

Michael F. Cavanagh Elizabeth A. Weaver Marilyn Kelly Maura D. Corrigan Robert P. Young, Jr. Stephen J. Markman

FILED JULY 31, 2006

No. 124994

No. 124995

Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee. ______________________________________ SHIRLEY HAMILTON, as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF ROSALIE ACKLEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, and BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, Intervening Plaintiff, v MARK F. KULIGOWSKI, D.O., Defendant-Appellant. ______________________________________ BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH MARKMAN, J. We granted leave to appeal in these two cases to consider whether plaintiffs' proposed expert witnesses are qualified under MCL 600.2169(1) to give expert testimony on the appropriate standards of medical practice or care. The trial courts in both cases ruled that plaintiffs' expert witnesses are not qualified under

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