Abela v. General Motors Corp.

I concur with the majority that we are required to conclude that warranty claims arising under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (mmwa), 15 USC 2301 et seq., may be subject to valid binding arbitration agreements in light of the holdings in Davis v Southern Energy Homes, Inc, 305 F3d 1268 (CA 11, 2002), and Walton v Rose Mobile Homes LLC, 298 F3d 470 (CA 5, 2002). We are bound by the authoritative holding of a federal appellate court concerning interpretation of a federal statute absent a conflict among the various federal appellate circuits. Ann Arbor Housing Comm v Wells, 240 Mich App 610, 614…