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DRIVER v. NAINI

Docket No. 140922.

802 N.W.2d 311 (2011)

490 Mich. 239

Willie DRIVER and Beverly Driver, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mansoor G. NAINI, M.D., and Michigan Cardiology Associates, P.C., Defendants, Cardiovascular Clinical Associates, P.C., Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

August 1, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Granzotto, P.C. (by Mark Granzotto ), Royal Oak , and Erlich, Rosen, & Bartnick, P.C., (by Sheldon D. Erlich ), Southfield, for Willie and Beverly Driver.

Tanoury, Nauts, McKinney & Garbarino, P.L.L.C. (by Linda M. Garbarino , and David R. Nauts , Detroit), for Cardiovascular Clinical Association, P.C.

Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, P.L.C. (by Jaclyn Shoshana , Levine and Kelly M. Drake ), Lansing, for amicus curiae the Michigan Optometric Association.

Kerr Russell & Weber PLC (by Daniel J. Schulte and Joanne Geha Swanson ), Detroit, for amicus curiae the Michigan State Medical Society.

Collins, Einhorn, Farrell & Ulanoff, P.C. (by Noreen L. Slank , and Geoffrey M. Brown ), Southfield, for amicus curiae PloAssurance Corporation.

MARY BETH KELLY, J.

In this medical malpractice action, we must decide whether a plaintiff is entitled to amend an original notice of intent (NOI) when adding a nonparty defendant to a pending action pursuant to this Court's holding in Bush v. Shabahang1 and MCL 600.2301 so that the amended NOI relates back to the original filing for purposes of tolling the statute of limitations. We hold that a plaintiff is not entitled to amend...

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