Michigan Supreme Court

Lansing, Michigan

Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice

Michael F. Cavanagh

Stephen J. Markman

Mary Beth Kelly

Brian K. Zahra

Bridget M. McCormack

David F. Viviano, Justices

Order 

September 18, 2013

146433-5

MARIE HUNT, Personal Representative for the

ESTATE OF EUGENE WAYNE HUNT,

Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant/Cross- Defendant-Appellant,

v SC: 146433

COA: 299405

Bay CC: 96-003280-NI

ROGER DRIELICK and COREY DRIELICK,

d/b/a ROGER DRIELICK TRUCKING,

Defendants/Counter-Plaintiffs/Cross- Plaintiffs/Third-Party-Defendants/

Counter-Defendants,

and

GREAT LAKES CARRIERS CORP.,

Defendant/Cross-Defendant-Appellee,

and

GREAT LAKES LOGISTICS & SERVICES, INC., 

and MERMAID TRANSPORTATION, INC.,

Defendants/Cross-Defendants,

and

SARGENT TRUCKING, INC.,

Defendant-Appellee,

and

NOREEN LUCZAK and THOMAS LUCZAK,

Third-Party-Defendants/Counter- Defendants-Appellees,

and

EMPIRE FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE

COMPANY,

Garnishee Defendant-Appellee.

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BRANDON JAMES HUBER,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v SC: 146434

COA: 299406

Bay CC: 97-003238-NI

COREY DRIELICK and ROGER DRIELICK, 

d/b/a ROGER DRIELICK TRUCKING,

Defendants/Third-Party-Plaintiffs,

and

GREAT LAKES CARRIERS CORP.,

Defendant-Appellee,

and

GREAT LAKES LOGISTICS & SERVICES, INC.,

and MERMAID TRANSPORTATION, INC.,

Defendants,

and

SARGENT TRUCKING, INC.,

Defendant-Appellee,

and

GREAT LAKES CARRIERS, INC.,

Third-Party-Defendant,

and

EMPIRE FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE

COMPANY,

Garnishee Defendant-Appellee.

_________________________________________/

THOMAS LUCZAK and NOREEN LUCZAK,

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v SC: 146435

COA: 299407

Bay CC: 96-003328-NI

COREY DRIELICK and ROGER DRIELICK, 

d/b/a ROGER DRIELICK TRUCKING,

Defendants-Third-Party-Plaintiffs,

and
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.

 September 18, 2013

s0911

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Clerk

GREAT LAKES CARRIERS CORP.,

Defendant-Appellee,

and

GREAT LAKES LOGISTICS & SERVICES, INC., 

and MERMAID TRANSPORTATION, INC.,

Defendants,

and

SARGENT TRUCKING, INC.,

Defendant-Appellee,

and

GREAT LAKES CARRIERS, INC.,

Third-Party-Defendant,

and

EMPIRE FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE 

COMPANY,

Garnishee Defendant-Appellee.

_________________________________________/

On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the November 20, 2012 

judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties shall 

address: (1) whether a lease agreement is legally implied between Roger Drielick 

Trucking and Great Lakes Carriers Corporation under the facts of the case and under 

applicable federal regulation of the motor carrier industry; and (2) if so, whether the 

Court of Appeals erred in resolving this case on the basis of the first clause of the 

business use exclusion in the non-trucking (bobtail) policy issued by Empire Fire and 

Marine Insurance Company, instead of on the basis of the second clause, which excludes 

coverage for “‘[b]odily injury’ or ‘property damage’ . . . while a covered ‘auto’ is used in 

the business of anyone to whom the ‘auto’ is leased or rented.” 

Persons or groups interested in the determination of the issues presented in this 

case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae.