Court Opinion

ID: 9663308
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 23:35:01.865838+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:14:47.741945
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Griffin, P.J.
(concurring). I concur with Judge Brennan’s opinion except for dicta which seeks to resurrect the discredited holding of Robertson v Devereaux, 32 Mich App 85; 188 NW2d 209 (1971).
*740It is well settled that an action may be brought under the dramshop act only by the heirs of the decedent acting in their individual capacities. MCL 436.22; MSA 18.993. The estate of the decedent is not a proper party plaintiif to bring a claim arising under the dramshop act. O’Dowd v General Motors Corp, 419 Mich 597, 605; 358 NW2d 553 (1984); Genesee Merchants Bank & Trust Co v Bourrie, 375 Mich 383; 134 NW2d 713 (1965); Brannstrom v Tippman, 141 Mich App 664; 367 NW2d 902 (1985), lv den 422 Mich 978 (1985).