Sue H. APSEY and Robert Apsey, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellees/Cross-Appellants,
v.
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, doing business as Memorial Healthcare Center, Defendant. and
Russell H. Tobe, D.O., James H. Deering, D.O., James H. Deering, D.O., P.C., and Shiawassee Radiology Consultants, P.C., Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.
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May 1, 2007.
May 1, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mark Granzotto, P.C. (by Mark Granzotto), and Jeffrey S. Zilinski, Royal Oak, Burton, for Sue H. Apsey and Robert Apsey, Jr.
Cline, Cline, Griffin (by Glenn M. Simmington and Jose T. Brown), Flint, for Memorial Hospital.
Willingham & Cote', P.C. (by Michael W. Stephenson and Matthew K. Payok), and Hackney, Grover, Hoover & Bean (by Randy J. Hackney and Loretta B. Subhi), East Lansing, East Lansing, for Russell H. Tobe, D.O.; James H. Deering, D.O.; James H. Deering, D.O., P.C.; and Shiawassee Radiology Consultants, P.C.
Maddin, Hauser, Wartell, Roth & Heller, P.C. (by Mark H. Fink), and Cooper & Walinsky (by Cary R. Cooper), Southfield, Toledo, Ohio, for amici curiae Michigan Defense Trial Counsel.
Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Heather S. Meingast and Robert Welliver, Assistant Attorneys General, Lansing, for the Department of Community Health.
Charfoos & Christensen, P.C. (by David R. Parker), Detroit, for State Bar of Michigan, Negligence Section and State Bar of Michigan Elder Law Section.
Shermeta & Adams, P.C. (by Barbara L. Adams), and Charfoos & Christensen, P.C. (by David R. Parker), Rochester Hills, Detroit, for Michigan Creditors Bar Association.
Linda M. Galante, Grosse Pointe Park, for Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.
Kerr, Russell and Weber, P.C. (by Joanne Geha Swanson, Daniel J. Schulte, and Michael A. Sneyd), Detroit, for Michigan State Medical Society.
The Googasian Firm, P.C. (by Dean M. Googasian), and Timothy Reiniger and Michael Closen, Bloomfield Hills, Chatsworth, California, Chatsworth, California, for National Notary Association.
The Googasian Firm, P.C. (by George A. Googasian and Dean M. Googasian), Bloomfield Hills, for State Bar of Michigan.
Olsman, Mueller & James, P.C. (by Jules B. Olsman and Phyllis A. Figiel), Berkley, for Citizens for Better Care.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
MARILYN J. KELLY, J.
This case presents the question of what authentication is necessary for out-of-state affidavits in Michigan. The parties ask us to determine whether MCL 600.2102(4) of the Revised Judicature Act (RJA) conflicts with the Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgements Act (URAA), MCL 565.261 et seq., and to discern the meaning of MCL 565.268 and its relation to MCL 600.2102(4). We find no conflict between the URAA and MCL 600.2102(4). The Legislature...
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