Hartman & Eichhorn Bldg. Co., Inc. v. Dailey

*547O’CONNELL, J.

This case requires us to reconsider the issue whether a building contractor can be liable under § 3 of the Michigan Consumer Protection Act.1 Although the Legislature apparently intended liability under the act to extend to individuals for their “conduct,” a building contractor’s construction or renovation of a house is regulated by the Occupational Code,2 so the remedy provisions in the MCPA3 should not apply. Smith v Globe Life Ins Co.4 Nevertheless, our decision in Forton v Laszar5 has already applied Smith to building contractors and found that the act of building a house…