Edward McDOUGALL, Personal Representative of the Estate of Sandra M. Mcdougall, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Larry K. SCHANZ, Family Practice Center, Roger A. Shomo, D.O., P.C., Marvin Coy, D.O., Frederick Broniac, D.O., Garden City Hospital, A. Kania, D.O., and Stephen B. Goldfarb, Defendants, and
Reuben D. Eliuk, D.O., Defendant-Appellant.
John R. Sobran and Carol S. Sobran, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Alasdair McKendrick, M.D., Defendant-Appellee.
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Argued May 5, 1999.
Decided July 30, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mark Granzotto, Detroit, Justin C. Ravitz, Southfield, MI and Lakin, Worsham & Victor, P.C. (by Sanford N. Lakin and Ron S. Kirsch) Southfield, MI, for the plaintiff in McDougall.
Granzotto & Nicita, P.C. (by Mark Granzotto), Detroit, MI, for the plaintiffs-appellants in Sobran.
O'Leary, O'Leary, Jacobs, Mattson, Perry & Mason, P.C. (by John P. Jacobs), Southfield, MI, for defendant-appellant Reuben D. Eliuk, D.O.
O'Leary, O'Leary, Jacobs, Mattson, Perry & Mason, P.C. (by John P. Jacobs and Kevin P. Hanbury), Southfield, MI, for defendant-appellee Alastair Mc Kendrick, M.D.
Dickinson, Wright, P.L.L.C. (by John E.S. Scott, Robert W. Powell and Jeffery V. Stuckey), Detroit, MI, and Hugh F. Young, Jr., Reston, Virginia, amicus curiae for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.
Bendure & Thomas (by Mark R. Bendure and Kevin P. Kavanagh), Detroit, MI; Sachs, Waldman, O'Hare, Helveston, Bogan & McIntosh, P.C. (by Andrew A. Nickelhoff), Detroit, MI, and Jordan Rossen and Thomas C. Carey, Detroit, MI, amicus curiae for AFL-CIO and the UAW.
Thomas K. Byerley, Lansing, MI, amicus curiae for State Bar of Michigan.
John E. Johnson, Jr., and Richard E. Shaw, Southfield, MI, amicus curiae for Detroit Chapter of NAACP.
Granzotto & Nicita, P.C. (by Angela J. Nicita), Detroit, MI, amicus curiae for Michigan Trial Lawyers Association, Michigan Consumer Federation, Citizens for Better Care, and Brain Injury Associations of Michigan.
Kitch, Drutchas, Wagner & Kenney, P.C. (by Susan Healy Zitterman, Linda M. Garbarino, and Christina A. Ginter), Detroit, MI, amicus curiae for Michigan Health and Hospital Association.
Siemion, Huckabay, Bodary, Padilla, Morganti & Bowerman, P.C. (by Raymond W. Morganti), Southfield, MI, amicus curiae for PICOM Insurance Company.
Gross, Nemeth & Silverman, P.L.C. (by James G. Gross), Detroit, MI, amicus curiae for Michigan Defense Trial Counsel.
Kerr, Russell & Weber, P.L.C. (by Richard D. Weber and Joanne G. Swanson), Detroit, MI, amicus curiae for Michigan State Medical Society.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
Opinion
YOUNG, J.
We granted leave to appeal in these consolidated cases to determine whether M.C.L. § 600.2169; M.S.A. § 27A.2169, which provides strict requirements for the admission of expert testimony in medical malpractice cases brought against specialists, impermissibly infringes this Court's exclusive authority under Const.1963, art. 6, § 5, to promulgate rules governing practice and...
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