Doe v. Department of Corrections

Pursuant to MCR 7.215(H), a special panel has been convened to resolve a conflict between this case, Doe v Dep’t of Corrections, 236 Mich App 801 (1999), and Neal v Dep’t of Corrections (On Rehearing), 232 Mich App 730; 592 NW2d 370 (1998).

*201We find the reasoning found in the majority opinion in Neal and the concurrence in Doe, supra at 815, to be persuasive and consistent with established rules of statutory construction.

It has been argued that the Legislature could not have intended that the statutory prohibition against discrimination found in the Civil Rights Act (CRA), MCL 37.2101 et seq.;…