ROCHOW v. LIFE INS. CO. OF NORTH AMERICA

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jeremy P. Blumenfeld , Morgan, Lewis, Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellant. Erik W. Scharf , Scharf Appellate Group, Miami, Florida, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Jeremy P. Blumenfeld , Morgan, Lewis, Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Brian T. Quinn , Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn, LLP, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant. Erik W. Scharf , Scharf Appellate Group, Miami, Florida, John J. Cooper , Cooper Law Firm, PLLC, Troy, Michigan, for Appellees. Waldemar J. Pflepsen, Jr. , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Washington, D.C., Jerrold J. Ganzfried , Holland & Knight LLP, Washington, D.C., Julie Wilensky , Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C., Oakland, California, Mary Ellen signorille , AARP, Washington, D.C., Mark D. DeBofsky , Debofsky & Associates, P.C., Chicago, Illinois, for Amici Curiae.

McKEAGUE, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which BOGGS, BATCHELDER, GIBBONS, ROGERS, SUTTON, COOK, GRIFFIN, and KETHLEDGE, JJ., joined, and WHITE, J., joined in part. GIBBONS, J. (pp. 376-78), delivered a separate concurring opinion in which BATCHELDER and COOK, JJ., joined. WHITE, J. (pp. 378-82), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. STRANCH, J. (pp. 382-95), delivered a separate dissenting opinion in which COLE, C.J., KEITH, MOORE, CLAY, and DONALD, JJ., joined, and WHITE, J., joined in part.