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Johnson v. Hurley

Supreme Court of Michigan
Feb 1, 2008
480 Mich. 1047 (Mich. 2008)

Opinion

No. 132953.

February 1, 2008.

Reported below: 270 Mich App 575.


Summary Dispositions February 1, 2008.

By order of May 30, 2007, the application for leave to appeal the April 13, 2006, judgment of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in Mullins v St Joseph Mercy Hosp (Docket No. 131879). On order of the Court, the case having been decided on November 28, 2007, 480 Mich 948 (2007), the application is again considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.302(G)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals because the court erred in invoking the doctrine of equitable tolling under these circumstances. Devillers v Auto Club Ins Ass'n, 473 Mich 562, 590-591 n 65 (2005). However, because the plaintiff falls within the class of plaintiffs entitled to relief identified in our order in Mullins, supra, we remand this case to the Genesee Circuit Court for entry of an order denying the defendants' motion for summary disposition and for further proceedings not inconsistent with this order and the order in Mullins.

We concur in the result.


I concur with the conclusion that our decision in Waltz v Wyse does not bar plaintiffs claim. But, as explained in my statement in Mazumder v Univ of Michigan Bd of Regents given the state of the law when the Court of Appeals rendered its decision, resort to the doctrine of equitable tolling was highly appropriate.

Waltz v Wyse, 469 Mich 642 (2004).

Mazumder v Univ of Michigan Bd of Regents, 480 Mich 1045 (2008).


Summaries of

Johnson v. Hurley

Supreme Court of Michigan
Feb 1, 2008
480 Mich. 1047 (Mich. 2008)
Case details for

Johnson v. Hurley

Case Details

Full title:THELMA JOHNSON, Personal Representative of the Estate of Carl Johnson…

Court:Supreme Court of Michigan

Date published: Feb 1, 2008

Citations

480 Mich. 1047 (Mich. 2008)