Kambas v. St. Joseph's Mercy Hosp. of Detroit

I dissent because I am convinced by the legislative history of the Revised Judicature Act that the two-year statute of limitations for malpractice actions applies only to actions charging malpractice by physicians, surgeons, or dentists, and that the three-year period for tort actions generally applies in this action claiming that negligence of nurses employed by the defendant hospital caused plaintiff’s injuries.

Under the Judicature Act of 19151 the statute of limitations for actions charging “malpractice of *133physicians, surgeons or dentists” was two years. The time for bringing malpractice…