Grievously Injured Worker Bound by Limitations Period Shortened by Contract He Signed as Teen

A divided Michigan Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a tort claim saying the injured worker agreed to a shorter statute of limitations in a contract he signed as a teen. While Martaz Coleman was in the hospital — and at times a medically induced coma — while the statute ran, the majority said his parents could have filed a lawsuit on his behalf after they were appointed guardian. Even if the limitations period started in January 2021 when the guardianship ended, the court said the lawsuit filed in August 2022 would still be time-barred. Coleman was 17 when he started worki...