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· 10/10/1963

Johnson v. Caldwell

Citations

  • 123 N.W.2d 785
  • 371 Mich. 368

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • avoiding a holding that “would punish the patient who relies upon his doctor’s advice and places premium on skepticism and distrust”
  • “The trend * * * has been toward * * * the ‘discovery rule’ ”
  • `The trend * * * has been toward * * * the \discovery rule\'
  • “So to hold [that a plaintiff should conclude malpractice happened on the last day of treatment] would punish the patient who relies upon his doctor’s advice and places a premium on skepticism and distrust.”
  • applying discovery accrual rule to medical malpractice actions
  • applying discovery accrual rule to medical malpractice actions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: O'Hara, Carr, Dethmers, Kelly, Black, Kavanagh, Souris, Smith

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