State ex rel. Olson v. Graff

PEDERSON, Acting Chief Justice.

Judges Graff and Glaser declared Chapter 32-29.1, NDCC, (Arbitration of Medical Malpractice Claims) to be unconstitutional. The required medical review panel was therefore bypassed, and a medical malpractice action was initiated in the South Central Judicial District. Allen Olson, Attorney General, asserts that the district court is without jurisdiction to hear the case and requests this court to assume original jurisdiction and issue a writ of certiorari. We decline to accept jurisdiction. The writ is quashed.

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