JONES v. PORRETTA

Docket Nos. 75113, 76798, 76829, (Calendar Nos. 9-10).

428 Mich. 132 (1987)

405 N.W.2d 863

JONES v. PORRETTA DZIURLIKOWSKI v. MORLEY

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 1, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lopatin, Miller, Freedman, Bluestone, Erlich, Rosen & Bartnick (by Monica Farris Linkner) for plaintiffs Jones.

Gromek, Bendure & Thomas (by Daniel J. Wright) for plaintiffs Dziurlikowski.

Schureman, Frakes, Glass & Wulfmeier (by Cheryl L. Chandler) for defendant Porretta.

Kohl, Secrest, Wardle, Lynch, Clark & Hampton (by Michael L. Updike) for defendants Morley and South Oakland Anesthesia Associates, P.C.

Sullivan, Ward, Bone, Tyler, Fiott & Asher, P.C. (by Michaelle A. Thomas), for defendants William Beaumont Hospital and Kucherenko.

Amici Curiae:

Sullivan, Ward, Bone, Tyler, Fiott & Asher, P.C. (by Michelle A. Thomas), for William Beaumont Hospital, H.A. Klewicky, M.D., and David Reifler, M.D.

Stanton, Bullen, Nelson, Moilanen & Klaasen, P.C. (by Charles A. Nelson), for A.F. Kull, D.O.


BOYLE, J.

We granted leave in these cases to resolve the question whether it is error in a medical malpractice action for the trial court to instruct the jury that a doctor or surgeon is not a guarantor of results. In Dziurlikowski, we hold that the instruction given was erroneous, and we reverse the jury's verdict and remand the case for a new trial. We affirm the jury's verdict in Jones because we find that...

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