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possible cause of action standard in Michigan

5 Michigan opinions name it 1 courts 2017–2024 2 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Michigan courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (1)

CaseFollowedCited
Doe v. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Detroitgreen
michctapp · 2005 · cited in 1 Michigan opinions naming this issue, 2023–2023
1 sentence

2023See Doe, 264 Mich App at 643 (explaining that the possible-cause-of-action standard governs when a plaintiff should have known of the existence of the claim in the context of the fraudulent concealment statute).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Michigan. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (1)

CaseCitedYears
Solowy v. Oakwood Hospital Corp. green
mich · 1997
2 sentences

2024Under the possible-cause-of-action standard, the plaintiff “need not know for certain that he had a claim, or even know of a likely claim . . . ” Id.

2020Under the possible-cause- of-action standard, the plaintiff “need not know for certain that he had a claim, or even know of a likely claim . . . ” Id.

42017–2024

Statutes the citing opinions construe

MI § Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5805 (5) MI § Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5838a (5) MI § Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2912b (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

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