# Ward v. Siano

> Michigan Court of Appeals · February 28, 2007 · 272 Mich. App. 715

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9729038

## Case

- **Full name:** Ward v. Siano
- **Court:** Michigan Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** February 28, 2007
- **Citations:** 272 Mich. App. 715; 730 N.W.2d 1
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Wilder
- **Judges:** Sawyer, O'Connell, Saad, Wilder, Zahra, Owens, Hood
- **Cited by:** 9 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Reversed by Ward v. Siano, 480 Mich. 979 (2007).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9729038

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- noting that “untold numbers of plaintiff and defense attorneys were surprised by what they perceived as a dramatic change in the law” and that “most members of the bench, including myself, were also surprised to discover that MCL 600.5852 did not contain any periods of limitat…
- noting that Waltz was confusing and set up a trap for prospective plaintiffs

## Opinion text

*745 WILDER, J.
(concurring). I concur in the result reached in the majority opinion. I also join in parts I and 11(A) of Judge O’Connell’s concurring opinion, for the reason that I agree with Judge O’Connell’s view that a plenary discussion by the Supreme Court concerning the propriety of prospective application of Waltz v Wyse, 469 Mich 642 ; 677 NW2d 813 (2004), would be of great benefit to the bench and bar.

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