Barczak v. Rockwell International Corp.

I dissent. I would hold that the acquisition of jurisdiction over a defendant by the Michigan Civil Rights Commission tolls the statute of limitations as to a civil action for damages based on the same facts. MCLA 600.5856(2); MSA 27A.5856(2). The purposes and policies served by the statute of limitations , would not be frustrated by the adoption of the tolling rule. See Johnson v Railway Express Agency, Inc, 421 US 454,473; 95 S Ct 1716, 1726; 44 L Ed 2d 295,309 (1975) (Marshall, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part). Also see Cronin v Minster Press, 56 Mich App 471, 480-481; 224…