LOCKE v. PACHTMAN

Docket No. 96046, (Calendar No. 5).

446 Mich. 216 (1994)

521 N.W.2d 786

LOCKE v. PACHTMAN

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D'Avanzo & Danko (by Jerry P. D'Avanzo) for the plaintiffs.

Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. (by Robert G. Kamenec), for the defendants.

Amicus Curiae:

Lee R. Franklin, Monica Farris Linkner, and Jeffrey T. Meyers, for Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.


MALLETT, J.

In this medical malpractice action, the trial judge granted defendants' motion for a directed verdict at the close of the plaintiffs' proofs. The Court of Appeals affirmed, finding that plaintiff had failed to make a prima facie showing of the standard of care related to defendants' allegedly negligent conduct.

We affirm.

I

On August 5, 1981, plaintiff Shirley Locke underwent a vaginal hysterectomy with entocele and rectocele repair...

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