Sec. 2921. All actions and claims survive death. Actions on claims for injuries which result in death shall not be prosecuted after the death of the injured person except pursuant to the next section. If an action is pending at the time of death the claims may be amended to bring it under the next section. A failure to so amend will amount to a waiver of the claim for additional damages resulting from death.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2921
Survival of actions; death of injured person during pendency of action
Applied in 40 court decisions — leading case Miles v. Apex Marine Corp. (1990)
Most recently applied in Lau v. Constable (July 2022)
1961, Act 236, Eff
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