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BUSH v. SHABAHANG

Docket Nos. 136617, 136653, 136983. Calendar No. 5.

772 N.W.2d 272 (2009)

484 Mich. 156

Gary L. BUSH, Sr., as Guardian of Gary E. Bush, a protected person, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Behrooz-Bruce SHABAHANG, M.D., George T. Sugiyama, M.D., M. Ashraf Mansour, M.D., Vascular Associates, P.C., and Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus, Defendants, and John Charles Heiser, M.D., and West Michigan Cardiovascular Surgeons, Defendants-Appellants. Gary L. Bush, Sr., as Guardian of Gary E. Bush, a protected person, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Behrooz-Bruce Shabahang, M.D., Defendant-Appellant, and John Charles Heiser, M.D., West Michigan Cardiovascular Surgeons, George T. Sugiyama, M.D., M. Ashraf Mansour, M.D., Vascular Associates, P.C., and Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus, Defendants. Gary L. Bush, Sr., as Guardian of Gary Edward Bush, a protected person, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Behrooz-Bruce Shabahang, M.D., John Charles Heiser, M.D., West Michigan Cardiovascular Surgeons, George T. Sugiyama, M.D., M. Ashraf Mansour, M.D., and Vascular Associates, P.C., Defendants, and Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 29, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EvansPletkovic, P.C. (by Sandra L. Ganos), Huntington Woods, for the plaintiffs.

Hackney, Grover, Hoover & Bean, P.L.C. (by Richard K. Grover, Jr., Susan M. Ramage, and Jeffrey K. Wesorick), East Lansing, for Behrooz-Bruce Shabahang, M.D.

Rhoades McKee (by Mark E. Fatum and Douglas P. Vanded Berge), Grand Rapids, for Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus.

Aardema, Whitelaw & Sears-Ewald, P.L.L.C., (by Brian W. Whitelaw and Timothy P. Buchalski), Grand Rapids, for John Heiser, M.D., and West Michigan Cardiovascular Surgeons.

Mark Granzotto, P.C. (by Mark Granzotto), Royal Oak, for amici curiae the Michigan Association for Justice.

Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C. (by Richard C. Kraus), Lansing, for amici curiae the University of Michigan.

Opinion

HATHAWAY, J.

At issue before this Court is the proper interpretation of MCL 600.5856(c), as amended by 2004 PA 87, effective April 22, 2004. We have been asked to consider whether a defect in a timely mailed notice of intent (NOI), provided to a medical malpractice defendant pursuant to MCL 600.2912b, precludes the tolling of the statute of limitations on a plaintiff's medical malpractice claim. We also consider whether, and under what circumstances...

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