REBECCA GOCH V THE EDISON INSTITUTE

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
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.
June 17, 2026
p0610
Order
Clerk
June 17, 2026
SC: 169405
COA: 371176
Wayne CC: 23-005166-NO
REBECCA GOCH,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v
THE EDISON INSTITUTE, doing business as
THE HENRY FORD, and ANDREW KLOCEK,
Defendants-Appellees.
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the October 17, 2025
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral
argument on the application. MCR 7.305(I)(1). The parties shall file supplemental briefs
in accordance with MCR 7.312(E), addressing whether plaintiff, as a passenger seated
inside a horse-drawn carriage, was “[e]ngage[d] in an equine activity” for purposes of the
Equine Activity Liability Act (EALA), MCL 691.1661 et seq.
The Agricultural Law, Animal Law, and Negligence Law Sections of the State Bar
of Michigan are invited to file briefs amicus curiae. Other persons or groups interested in
the determination of the issue presented in this case who are not exempt from the motion
requirement under MCR 7.312(H) may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus
curiae.

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