Court Opinion

ID: 9696448
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 18:48:13.344728+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:22.454011
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M. F. Cavanagh, P.J.
(dissenting). I have participated in decisions upholding the constitutionality of the medical malpractice arbitration act, MCL 600.5040 et seq.; MSA 27A.5040 et seq. See Williams v O’Connor, 108 Mich App 613; 310 NW2d 825 (1981), and Cushman v Frankel, 111 Mich App 604; 314 NW2d 705 (1982). For this reason, I dissent from the majority’s holding in this case. All sides of this question have been exhaustively discussed by numerous opinions of this Court. The matter has been argued and submitted to our *498Supreme Court whence the resolution of this dispute should be forthcoming. I am in the process of re-evaluating my position on this question based upon the very cogent opinion of Judge Nathan Kaufman, my colleague in Cushman, supra, in the case of Murray v Wilner, 118 Mich App 352; 325 NW2d 422 (1982). However, as this issue is squarely framed for disposition by the Supreme Court, it would serve no purpose to delay our disposition of this case simply to allow me more time to reflect further on this question.