Legal Opinion
Poffenbarger v. Kaplan
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided September 11, 1997No. Docket 189266PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGage, J.
In this action for wrongful death based on medical malpractice, plaintiff presents what appears to be an issue of first impression: whether the three-year period mentioned in the wrongful death savings provision of MCL 600.5852; MSA 27A.5852 commences after the six-month statutory discovery period provided for in MCL 600.5838a; MSA 27A.5838(1). We hold that it does not and affirm the circuit court’s grants of summary disposition to defendants Dr. Howard Kaplan and Detroit-Macomb Hospital Corporation, doing business as Macomb Hospital Center, pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7).
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