KERN v. ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL

Docket No. 58939, (Calendar No. 17).

404 Mich. 339 (1978)

273 N.W.2d 75

KERN v. ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION OF SAGINAW

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leitson, Dean, Dean, Segar & Hart, P.C., for plaintiffs.

Kitch & Suhrheinrich, P.C. (by Gregory G. Drutchas and Ronald E. Wagner), for defendants St. Luke's Hospital Association of Saginaw and James L. Adams, M.D.

Cline & Cline for defendants Hugh Caumartin, M.D., Robert M. Heavenrich, M.D., Rudolph M. Jarvi, M.D., William G. Mason, M.D., and J. Eugene Rank, M.D.

Mainolfi, McGraw & Borchard for defendant William T. Rice, M.D.

Amicus Curiae:

Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn (by Stuart M. Lockman) for Michigan Hospital Association.


Decided December 29, 1978. Rehearing denied 406 Mich. 1103.

FITZGERALD, J.

Plaintiffs in this malpractice case appeal from a jury verdict of no cause of action against defendants. Three issues are raised by plaintiffs' application for leave to appeal:

1) Whether the conduct of defendants' counsel, in interjecting improper innuendos of a conspiracy between plaintiffs' counsel and expert witnesses to render untrue and collusive testimony, deprived plaintiffs...

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