Martino v. Cottman Transmission Systems, Inc.

Taylor, RJ.

(dissenting). I respectfully dissent.

While the majority pays lip service to the fact that the Pennsylvania judgment is entitled to full faith and credit under the federal constitution, its holding deprives the Pennsylvania judgment of the full faith and credit to which it is entitled. Under the Full Faith and Credit Clause, Michigan courts are barred from considering matters previously determined in a court of another state. Jones v State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins Co, 202 Mich App 393, 406; 509 NW2d 829 (1993). This constitutional provision also requires Michigan courts to give…