STEELE v. WINFIELD

No. 357935.

997 N.W.2d 341 (2022)

343 Mich. App. 394

Meredith STEELE and Beverly Steele, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Raymond WINFIELD, Patrick McLaughlin, Terri Bott Kothari, Julie Forstner, Ascension Providence Hospital, f/k/a Providence Park Hospital, d/b/a Providence Park Hospital Novi, Providence Cancer Center, Metropolitan Health Corporation, d/b/a Cancer Center at Metro Health Village, d/b/a Metro Health Cancer Center, d/b/a Metro Health, Metropolitan Hospital, d/b/a Cancer Center at Metro Health Village, d/b/a Metro Health Cancer Center, and Michigan Urological Institute, Defendants, and Bruce A. Jones, Great Lakes Endoscopy Center, Great Lakes Gastroenterology, and GLEC Management, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided September 22, 2022, 9:05 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McKeen & Associates, PC (by Brian J. McKeen , Jody Aaron , Detroit, and John M. Malone ) for Meredith and Beverly Steele.

Hall Matson, PLC, East Lansing (by Marcy R. Matson and Sandra J. Lake ) for Great Lakes Gastroenterology, PLC; GLEC Management, PLLC; and Bruce A. Jones, M.D.

Before: Gleicher, C.J., and Markey and Patel, JJ.


For more than 40 years, civil plaintiffs have relied on the tolling of applicable statutory limitations periods while a motion to add defendants is pending. As long as the plaintiff "demonstrated due diligence," Charpentier v Young, 403 Mich. 851, 291 N.W.2d 926 (1978), the running of the limitations periods has been tolled as a matter...

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