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NIELSEN v. BARNETT

Docket Nos. 88642, 88685, (Calendar No. 3).

440 Mich. 1 (1992)

485 N.W.2d 666

NIELSEN v. BARNETT NIELSEN v. BUTTERWORTH HOSPITAL

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 16, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lopatin, Miller, Freedman, Bluestone, Erlich, Rosen & Bartnick (by Richard E. Shaw) for the plaintiffs.

Farr & Oosterhouse (by Joel E. Krissoff and Steven L. Skahn) for defendant Barnett.

Gruel, Mills, Nims & Pylman (by Norman H. Pylman and Thomas R. Behm) for defendants Butterworth Hospital and Hoag.

BRICKLEY, J.

We are asked to determine whether the arbitration panel below erred by denying the plaintiffs' claim because it was barred by the statute of limitations governing malpractice claims.1 We hold that the arbitrators did not exceed their authority in finding that the plaintiffs' claim was untimely.

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FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Nancy J.

Nielsen was admitted to defendant Butterworth Hospital on...

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