Piskorski v. Art Centre Hospital

Plaintiff filed suit in Wayne County Circuit Court for medical malpractice. Defendants filed a motion for accelerated judgment, claiming that the circuit court did not have jurisdiction because the plaintiffs decedent had signed an arbitration agreement as provided for in MCL 600.5040 et seq.; MSA 27A.5040 et seq. The circuit court granted the motion for accelerated judgment.

Plaintiff appeals, claiming that the R. Hood-Mc-Neely-Geake Malpractice Arbitration Act is unconstitutional because it requires that one person of the three-member arbitration panel be a physician. Plaintiff also claims…