In this action for wrongful death based on medical malpractice, plaintiff presents what appears to be an issue of first impression: whether the three-year period mentioned in the wrongful death savings provision of M.C.L. § 600.5852; M.S.A. § 27A5852 commences after the six-month statutory discovery period provided for in M.C.L. § 600.5838a; M.S.A. § 27A5838(1).
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POFFENBARGER v. KAPLAN
Docket No. 189266.
568 N.W.2d 131 (1997)
224 Mich. App. 1
Linda POFFENBARGER, Individually, and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Francis Poffenbarger, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Howard M. KAPLAN, M.D., and Detroit-Macomb Hospital Corporation d/b/a Macomb Hospital Center, Defendants-Appellees, and Chang Nan Chun, M.D., Radiology Associates, P.C., Raymond S. Kurtzman, M.D., Subhash C. Gulati, M.D., and the Estate of George C. Evans, M.D., Defendants.
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Submitted January 8, 1997, at Detroit.
Decided May 30, 1997, at 9:15 a.m.
Released for Publication September 11, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kitch, Drutchas, Wagner & Kenney, P.C by Steve N. Cheolas and Susan Healy Zitterman, Detroit, for Detroit-Macomb Hospital Corporation.
O'Leary, O'Leary, Jacobs, Mattson, Perry & Mason, P.C. by John P. Jacobs, Southfield, for Howard M. Kaplan, M.D.
Before MICHAEL F. CAVANAGH, P.J., and GAGE and DA BURRESS, JJ.
Court of Appeals of Michigan.
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