Kiluma v. Wayne State University

Plaintiff, Mark Kiluma, appeals from a Court of Claims order granting defendant Wayne State University’s motion for accelerated judgment, GCR 1963, 116.1(5), and dismissing plaintiff’s libel suit against the university and its *448campus newspaper, The Southend.1 The court granted the motion based on the expiration of the one year limitation period on libel actions. MCLA 600.5805(6); MSA 27A.5805(6).

Plaintiff originally instituted suit in Wayne County Circuit Court on March 3, 1975 based on allegedly libelous articles published in The South-end between March 4 and March 7, 1974. However, this…