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HINKELMAN v. BORGESS MEDICAL CENTER

Docket No. 81284.

157 Mich. App. 314 (1987)

403 N.W.2d 547

HINKELMAN v. BORGESS MEDICAL CENTER

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided January 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sloan, Benefiel, Farrer, Newton & Glista (by Gary C. Newton), for plaintiff.

Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg (by Robert N. Hammond and John A. Ferroli), for defendant.

Before: MacKENZIE, P.J., and T.M. BURNS and P.R. JOSLYN, JJ.

P.R. JOSLYN, J.

Plaintiff Terry Hinkelman, as administrator of the estate of Virginia Hinkelman, appeals from an order of summary judgment on behalf of defendant Borgess Medical Center. This case requires us to explore the extent to which liability can be imposed on a psychiatric treatment facility for injuries caused to third persons by the actions of a psychiatric patient.

In early 1978, decedent Virginia Hinkelman and Daniel Travis lived together. However...

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