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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS


EMILY SKOWRONSKI, as Next Friend of BRODERICK SKOWRONSKI, a Minor, and THOMAS SKOWRONSKI, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v LAURA J. DANZ, M.D. and MUNSON MEDICAL CENTER, Defendants-Appellees.

UNPUBLISHED April 21, 1998

No. 199022 Grand Traverse Circuit Court LC No. 96-014639 NH

Before: Neff, P.J., and White and D. A. Teeple*, JJ. MEMORANDUM. Plaintiffs appeal by right summary disposition, without prejudice, in this medical malpractice action based on commencement of suit prior to expiration of the statutory notice period prescribed by MCL 600.2912b(1); MSA 27A.2912(2)(1). We affirm. The motion to expedite, previously held in abeyance, is granted. This case is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E). Whatever the motive underlying plaintiffs' failure to comply with the statutory pre-suit notice requirement, dismissal without prejudice is the appropriate action by the circuit court. Neal v Oakwood Hospital Corp, 226 Mich App 701, 714-716; ___ NW2d ___ (1997); Morrison v Dickinson, 217 Mich App 308, 319; 551 NW2d 449 (1996). Additionally, plaintiff s' equal protection, US Const, Am XIV,

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