# Garg v. MacOmb County Community Mental Health Services

> Michigan Supreme Court · July 18, 2005 · 472 Mich. 263

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/848628

## Case

- **Full name:** Garg v. MacOmb County Community Mental Health Services
- **Court:** Michigan Supreme Court
- **Decided:** July 18, 2005
- **Citations:** 472 Mich. 263; 696 N.W.2d 646
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Judges:** Weaves, Taylor, Corrigan, Young, Markman, Kelly, Cavanagh, Weaver
- **Cited by:** 205 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Overruled — as noted by a later court.
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/848628

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that “[a]wards of costs and attorney fees are recoverable only where specifically authorized by a statute, a court rule, or a recognized exception”
- holding that an ELCRA claim must be filed within three years of the date of the accrual of the cause of action pursuant to MCL 600.5805
- holding that “a person must file a claim under the Civil Rights Act within three years of the date his or her cause of action accrues.”
- holding that the statute of limitations for Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act claims is three years under Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5805
- holding that continuing violations doctrine does not apply in civil rights cases

## Opinion text

Michigan Supreme Court
O Lansing, Michigan

July' 18, 2005 clifford W. Tayior
Chief_}uscice

Michael F. Cavanagh
Elizabeth A. Weaver
Marilyn Keliy
Maura D. Corrigan

Rehearing No. 520 norm P. Young, jr
Stephen ]. Markman

]usu'ces

1 November 2004

121361
SHARDA GARG,
Plaintiff-Appellee/
Cross-Appellant,
SC 121361
v CoA 223 829

Macomb CC: 95-003319-CK

MACOMB COUNTY COMMUNITY
' MENTAL HEALTH,
Defendant-Appellant/
Cross~Appellee,

and

LIFE CONSULTATION CENTER,
Defendant.

On order of the Court, the motion for rehearing is considered and, in lieu of
granting rehean`ng, the opinion of the Court is amended by striking footnote 14 and
renumbering the remaining footnotes.

Cavanagh, Weaver and Kelly, JJ., would grant rehearing.

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.

w /8 ’2005`

/ U C]erk

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