PAAVOLA v. ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL CORP.

Docket No. 60405.

119 Mich. App. 10 (1982)

325 N.W.2d 609

PAAVOLA v. SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL CORPORATION

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided August 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sommers, Schwartz, Silver & Schwartz, P.C. (by Stanley S. Schwartz, Norman D. Tucker and Richard D. Fox), for plaintiff.

Neal & Lengauer (by Stephen Zahs), for defendant.

Before: R.B. BURNS, P.J., and D.F. WALSH and P.J. MARUTIAK, JJ.


D.F. WALSH, J.

Plaintiff, Martha Paavola, guardian of the estate of Karen Rae Paavola, a mentally incompetent person, appeals entry of accelerated judgment for defendant Saint Joseph Hospital Corporation. The trial court ruled that plaintiff's suit was barred by the statute of limitations. GCR 1963, 116.1(5).

Plaintiff's daughter and ward, Karen Rae Paavola, was given medical treatment at defendant hospital in 1973. During a September 15, 1973, operation,...

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