SENATE BILL No. 817

 

 

September 26, 2007, Introduced by Senators SCHAUER, GLEASON, CLARKE, CLARK-COLEMAN, SCOTT, HUNTER and JACOBS and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

 

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

 

by amending section 5827 (MCL 600.5827).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5827. Except as otherwise expressly provided, the period

 

of limitations runs from the time the claim accrues. The claim

 

accrues at the time provided in sections 5829 to 5838 , and or, in

 

cases not covered by these sections the claim accrues at the time

 

the wrong upon which the claim is based was done regardless of the

 

time when damage results 5829 to 5838, when the plaintiff discovers

 

or through the exercise of reasonable diligence should have

 

discovered the elements of the cause of action, including the

 

identity of the defendant.


 

     Enacting section 1. The provisions added by this amendatory

 

act apply to all causes of action that arise before, on, or after

 

the effective date of this amendatory act.