Bradley v. Philip Morris, Inc.

I would deny leave to appeal and dissent from the peremptory vacation of the second opinion of the Court of Appeals.

Because both the first and second opinion of the Court of Appeals remand for a new trial only against Philip Morris, the effect of this Court’s opinion today is to affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals with a flag that a sentence in the second opinion, set forth in note — in today’s majority opinion, is "overbroad.” There is indeed a citation of this Court’s recent opinion in Rood v General Dynamics Corp, 444 Mich 107; 507 NW2d 591 (1993), but the Court does not indicate…