Roberts v. Mecosta County General Hospital

This case again calls into question the authority of courts to create terms and conditions at variance with those unambiguously and mandatorily stated in a statute. We reaffirm that the duty of the courts of this state is to apply the actual terms of an unambiguous statute.

In this medical malpractice case, the Court of Appeals concluded that defendants had waived their ability to object to the sufficiency of the notices of intent by failing to raise their objections before the *59filing of the complaint. We hold that the statute of limitations cannot be tolled under MCL 600.5856(d) unless notice…