OLIVER KAVANAUGH V DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT GREAT LAKES AND ENERGY

Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
Megan K. Cavanagh,
Chief Justice
Brian K. Zahra
Richard H. Bernstein
Elizabeth M. Welch
Kyra H. Bolden
Kimberly A. Thomas
Noah P. Hood,
Justices
Order
May 22, 2026
169784-6
SC: 169784
COA: 369025
Ct of Claims: 21-000246-MM
JENNIFER JANSSEN-ROGERS and BROOKE
ROSENBAUM,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, GREAT
LAKES, AND ENERGY and ERIC OSWALD,
Defendants-Appellants.
SC: 169785
COA: 369026
Ct of Claims: 22-000046-MM
DARETHA BRAZIEL, Individually and as Next Friend
of RB, DB, and DR, Minors, KEESHA JONES,
Individually and as Next Friend of KJ, DJ, TMC, TC,
and KB, Minors, IEASHA JONES, MICHAEL D.
BRIGHAM, REBECCA BRANSCUMB, STACEY
BRANSCUMB, and EMMA KINNARD,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, GREAT
LAKES, AND ENERGY, ERIC OSWALD,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES, and DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
Defendants-Appellants.

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I, Elizabeth Kingston-Miller, 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.
May 22, 2026
2
Clerk
SC: 169786
COA: 369027
Ct of Claims: 22-000050-MM
OLIVER KAVANAUGH, Individually and as Next
Friend of KNR, Minor,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, GREAT
LAKES, AND ENERGY and ERIC OSWALD,
Defendants-Appellants.
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the January 29, 2026
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is DENIED, because we are not
persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this Court.
ZAHRA , J., would grant leave to appeal.

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