Devillers v. Auto Club Ins. Ass'n

Contrary to the majority’s refusal to recognize as much, equitable tolling1 is a time-honored, purposeful, and carefully crafted rule of equity that is employed when rare but compelling circumstances so justify its use. In Lewis v DAIIE, 426 Mich 93; 393 NW2d 167 (1986), the latest case to fall prey to the majority’s chopping block, this Court employed this important mechanism for critical and justifiable equitable reasons that the current majority carelessly relegates to oblivion under an overwrought — and unnecessary — cloak of textualism. What the majority unfortunately fails to recognize…