Jeffrey Hart (Partner-Michigan) and John Sechler (Associate-Michigan) defended a large property management firm in a case in which the plaintiff alleged toxic mold exposure from 2010 to 2014. Mold testing revealed stachybotrys spores and other mold species approximately 900 times the acceptable limits, and the plaintiff’s lung capacity had been diminished by 70 percent. A case evaluation panel awarded plaintiff $1.3 million against the firm’s client. Jeff and John argued plaintiff’s claim accrued either in 2009−2010 when she became seriously ill or in 2012, the date of a lung biopsy. Plaintiff’s treating pulmonologist testified her lung injury indicated exposure prior to 2011. Plaintiff filed a 10-count complaint in 2017. Jeff and John argued all claims were time barred by the three-year limitations period and the applicable accrual statute providing, “a claim accrues at the time the wrong upon which the claim is based was done regardless of the time when damage results,” which governed over plaintiff’s “continuous exposure” theory. Against the longer contract limitations periods, they argued the essence of the action is determined by reading the claims as a whole. Adkins v. Annapolis Hosp., 116 Mich. App 558, 563 (1982), and all counts seeking a personal injury remedy were therefore subsumed into the personal injury claims and subject to the personal injury limitations period. The judge agreed and entered summary judgment in favor of the client finding the claims accrued in 2012 (at the latest) and after 2015 all of plaintiff’s claims were time barred.