Wakefield v. Hills

Plaintiffs appeal as of right from Berrien Circuit Court orders granting summary disposition in favor of defendants based on the statute of limitations. MCR 2.116(C)(7). We reverse.

Plaintiff Peggy Wakefield had appendicitis in November, 1973, when she was about fourteen years old. She underwent surgery including an appendectomy. In 1974 and 1975, she underwent additional surgery to drain abscesses secondary to her ruptured appendix. Peggy Wakefield claims that on or about February 21, 1984, she was informed for the first time that her right ovary and both Fallopian tubes were destroyed by the…