Wall v. Marouk

KAUGER, J.;

{1 The dispositive issue presented is whether, in the aftermath of Zeier v. Zim-mer, 2006 OK 98, 152 P.3d 861, the legislative amendment to 12 0.8.2011 § 19 1, removed the unconstitutional infirmity from the requirement of an affidavit of merit in any civil action for professional negligence. An examination of the Okla. Const. art. 5, § 46 2, art. *7782, § 6 3, 63 0.8.2011 § 1-1708.1C, as well as prior case law, leads to the inevitable conclusion that it did not. We hold that it is a special law regulating the practice of law and that it places an impermissible financial burden on…