Order                                                                                       Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                  Lansing, Michigan

  April 9, 2012                                                                                       Robert P. Young, Jr.,
                                                                                                                Chief Justice

                                                                                                      Michael F. Cavanagh
                                                                                                            Marilyn Kelly
                                                                                                      Stephen J. Markman
                                                                                                      Diane M. Hathaway
  140401(54)                                                                                              Mary Beth Kelly
                                                                                                          Brian K. Zahra,
                                                                                                                     Justices


  VIVIAN ATKINS,
            Plaintiff-Appellee,
                                                                   SC: 140401
  v                                                                COA: 288461
                                                                   Wayne CC: 07-721025-NI
  SUBURBAN MOBILITY AUTHORITY FOR
  REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION, d/b/a
  SMART,
             Defendant-Appellant.
  _________________________________________


         On order of the Chief Justice, the motion by the Michigan Association for Justice
  for leave to file a brief amicus curiae in this case 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.
                          April 9, 2012                       _________________________________________
                                                                              Clerk
