Lefever v. American Red Cross

D. E. Holbrook, Jr., P.J.

Plaintiff appeals as of right from an order of the trial court granting defendant’s motion for accelerated judgment on the grounds that plaintiff’s claim was barred by the statute of limitations.

On February 18, 1976, the plaintiff received a transfusion of blood platelets while an in-patient at the University Hospital in Ann Arbor. Later the same day, one of the physicians treating plaintiff advised her that at least one of the units of platelets was diseased with serum hepatitis and that she would likely contract hepatitis.

Plaintiff was readmitted to University…