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Dangling participles. Faulty: Even while const</a> <a title="Michigan Bar Journal -- June 2026 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/546e2167?page=42"> 40 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL </a> <a title="Michigan Bar Journal -- June 2026 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/546e2167?page=43"> under MCR 2.302(C) to stay discovery until the co</a> <a title="Michigan Bar Journal -- June 2026 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/546e2167?page=44"> 42 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL </a> <a title="Michigan Bar Journal -- June 2026 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/546e2167?page=45"> 43 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL | JUNE 2026 LIBRARIES & </a> <a title="Michigan Bar Journal -- June 2026 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/546e2167?page=46"> 44 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL </a> <a title="Michigan Bar Journal -- June 2026 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/546e2167?page=47"> ENDNOTES 1. 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