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GAFFIER v. ST. JOHNS HOSP.

Docket No. 23973.

68 Mich. App. 474 (1976)

243 N.W.2d 20

GAFFIER v. ST. JOHNS HOSPITAL

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided April 6, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara, Ruby & Domol, P.C., for plaintiff.

Garan, Lucow, Miller, Lehman, Seward & Cooper, P.C., for defendant St. Johns Hospital.

Before: BASHARA, P.J., and N.J. KAUFMAN and D.F. WALSH, JJ.

N.J. KAUFMAN, J.

We are asked to determine when, if ever, an indigent plaintiff may be ordered to post a security bond for costs under GCR 1963, 109.

Plaintiff, an elderly woman whose sole income is a monthly social security check of $197, brought a six million dollar malpractice suit in Wayne County Circuit Court against defendant hospital and five doctors. Defendant hospital requested the court to order plaintiff to post a Rule 109 surety bond in an amount...

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