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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2
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.
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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