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A claimant seeks first-party PIP benefits for medical expenses incurred more than one year before she filed suit. How does Michigan's 'one-year-back rule' affect her recovery?

It bars the entire claim because suit was not filed within one year of the accident It allows recovery of all benefits incurred since the accident regardless of date It has no effect on PIP benefits, which are recoverable for six years It limits recovery to benefits incurred during the one year preceding the filing of the action, subject to statutory tolling once a specific claim is denied

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It limits recovery to benefits incurred during the one year preceding the filing of the action, subject to statutory tolling once a specific claim is denied

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