White v. Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

Plaintiffs appeal as of right the trial court’s order granting defendants’ motions for summary disposition based on the expiration of the period of limitations. We reverse and remand.

*297The affidavit of merit in this case was notarized by an out-of-state notary, and it lacked the certification required by MCL 600.2102(4) at the time the relevant limitations period expired. However, the affidavit of merit otherwise satisfied the requirements of the alternative method of proving notarial acts set forth in Michigan’s Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act (URAA), MCL 565.261 et seq. In our…