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Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

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GARY L. BUSH, SR., as Guardian of GARY E. BUSH, a protected person, Plaintiff-Appellee, v

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Marilyn Kelly

Michael F. Cavanagh Elizabeth A. Weaver Maura D. Corrigan Robert P. Young, Jr. Stephen J. Markman Diane M. Hathaway

FILED JULY 29, 2009

No. 136617

BEHROOZ-BRUCE SHABAHANG, M.D., GEORGE T. SUGIYAMA, M.D., M. ASHARAF MANSOUR, M.D., VASCULAR ASSOCIATES, P.C., and SPECTRUM HEALTH BUTTERWORTH CAMPUS, Defendants, and JOHN CHARLES HEISER, M.D., and WEST MICHIGAN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEONS, Defendants-Appellants. ____________________________________ GARY L. BUSH, SR., as Guardian of GARY E. BUSH, a protected person, Plaintiff-Appellee, v BEHROOZ-BRUCE SHABAHANG, M.D., No. 136653

Defendant-Appellant, and JOHN CHARLES HEISER, M.D., WEST MICHIGAN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEONS, GEORGE T. SUGIYAMA, M.D., M. ASHRAF MANSOUR, M.D., VASCULAR ASSOCIATES, P.C., and SPECTRUM HEALTH BUTTERWORTH CAMPUS, Defendants. ____________________________________ GARY L. BUSH, SR., as Guardian of GARY EDWARD BUSH, a protected person, Plaintiff-Appellee, v BEHROOZ-BRUCE SHABAHANG, M.D., JOHN CHARLES HEISER, M.D., WEST MICHIGAN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEONS, GEORGE T. SUGIYAMA, M.D., M. ASHRAF MANSOUR, M.D., and VASCULAR ASSOCIATES, P.C., Defendants, and SPECTRUM HEALTH BUTTERWORTH CAMPUS, Defendant-Appellant. No. 136983

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HATHAWAY, J. At issue before this Court is the proper interpretation of MCL 600.5856(c), as amended by 2004 PA 87, effective April 22, 2004. We have been asked to consider whether a defect in a timely mailed notice of intent (NOI), provided to a medical malpractice defendant pursuant to MCL 600.2912b, precludes the tolling of the statute of limitations on a plaintiff's medical malpractice claim. We also consider whether, and under what circumstances, a plaintiff may take advantage of the 154-day statutory waiting period provided under MCL 600.2912b(8). We conclude that the 2004 amendments of MCL 600.5856 have significantly clarified the proper role of an NOI provided pursuant to MCL 600.2912b. While the former statute, MCL 600.5856(d), has been interpreted to preclude tolling when defects are found in an NOI, the current statute,

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