Gary L Bush v. Behrooz-Bruce Shabahang Md

Opinion

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

December 15, 2008 Clifford W. Taylor, Chief Justice

136617 Michael F. Cavanagh 136653 Elizabeth A. Weaver 136983 Marilyn Kelly Maura D. Corrigan Robert P. Young, Jr. Stephen J. Markman, GARY L. BUSH, Guardian of GARY E. BUSH, Justices a Protected Person, Plaintiff-Appellee, v SC: 136617

COA: 274709

Kent CC: 06-000982-NM

BEHROOZ-BRUCE SHABAHANG, M.D.,

GEORGE T. SUGIYAMA, M.D., M. ASHRAF

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.

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GARY L. BUSH, Guardian of GARY E. BUSH,

a Protected Person,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

v SC: 136653

COA: 274708

Kent CC: 06-000982-NM

BEHROOZ-BRUCE SHABAHANG, M.D.,

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.

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GARY L. BUSH, Guardian of GARY E. BUSH, a Protected Person, Plaintiff-Appellee, v SC: 136983 COA: 274726 Kent CC: 06-000982-NM 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. _________________________________________/

On November 19, 2008, the Court heard oral argument on the applications for leave to appeal the May 1, 2008 judgment of the Court of Appeals. On order of the Court, the applications are again considered, and they are GRANTED, limited to the issues: (1) whether the plaintiff’s defective notice of intent as to defendants West Michigan Cardiovascular Surgeons and Spectrum Health tolled the period of limitations pursuant to MCL 600.5856(c), as amended by 2004 PA 87, effective April 22, 2004; and (2) whether defendant Shabahang’s defective response to the plaintiff’s notice of intent, MCL 600.2912b(7), was presumed valid such that the plaintiff was required to wait the full 182-day period before filing his medical malpractice action.

KELLY, J. (concurring).

I concur in the order granting leave to appeal. However, I would welcome briefing and argument on all issues raised in the three cases in which leave to appeal has been granted.

I, Corbin R. Davis, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court. December 15, 2008 _________________________________________ 1215 Clerk