Bauserman v. Unemployment Ins. Agency

**173This case involves a narrow, but practically consequential, issue: whether plaintiffs gave timely notice of their due-process *541claims to defendant, the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (the Agency), and therefore are entitled to consideration of the merits of those claims. More specifically, the issue concerns whether plaintiffs filed notices of intention to file their claims or the claims themselves "within 6 months following the happening of the event giving rise to the cause of action." MCL 600.6431(3). We hold that the "happening of the event giving rise to the cause of action"…