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SOLOWY v. OAKWOOD HOSP. CORP.

Docket No. 102964, Calendar No. 7.

561 N.W.2d 843 (1997)

454 Mich. 214

Lucille SOLOWY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OAKWOOD HOSPITAL CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation, Thomas Chapel, M.D., and Johanna Chapel, M.D., Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rifkin & Rifkin, P.C. by B. Andrew Rifkin, Southfield, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kitch, Drutchas, Wagner & Kenney, P.C. by Susan Healy Zitterman, Detroit, and Kerr, Russell & Weber, P.L.C. by Stephen D. McGraw and Joanne Geha Swanson, Detroit, for Defendants-Appellees.

Opinion

MALLETT, Chief Justice.

We granted leave to appeal to determine whether the plaintiff's claim is barred under the six-month discovery rule applicable to her medical malpractice suit. M.C.L. § 600.5838a(2); M.S.A. § 27A.5838(1)(2). Specifically, we must decide whether the six-month discovery rule period began to run when plaintiff learned of two possible causes for her lesion, one potentially actionable and one not, or whether it began to...

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