MacDonald v. Barbarotto

Plaintiff, Daniel MacDonald, appeals from a grant of accelerated judgment pursuant to GCR 1963, 116.1(5), now MCR 2.116(C)(7), based on the two-year limitation period applicable in medical malpractice cases. We affirm.

The facts are not substantially in dispute. Plaintiff, a mechanic, sustained a back injury while at work in December, 1979, and was disabled from employment. According to plaintiff, he subsequently was treated by two physicians over the following two years. He received workers’ disability compensation benefits from Michigan Mutual Insurance Company, his employer’s compensation…