Diane M. WHALEY, et al., William E. Jones, et al., Christine M. Tunney, et al., Rita Sharrard, Lucille Jones Miller, et al., George Saunders, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
COUNTY OF TUSCOLA Through its Governing Body, Tuscola County Board of Commissioners; Armando Herrera, Executive Director of Mid Regional Tissue Center; Armando Herrera, Individually, and d/b/a Central Michigan Eye Bank; Mid Regional Tissue Center, a Michigan Non-profit Corporation; Saginaw Community Hospital, a County Public Hospital; Herbert L. Nigg, M.D., Individually; Ronald G. Hines, M.D., Pathologist for Tuscola County; Irving M. Raber, M.D., a Pennsylvania Professional Corporation; County of Saginaw; M.B. Goldberger, D.O., Individually and as Saginaw County Chief Medical Examiner; James W. Baker, Personal Representative for the Estate of Armando Herrera, Deceased, Defendants-Appellees,
Lankenaw Hospital, a Pennsylvania Non-profit Corporation; Christopher C. Taylor, Individually, and as a former Tuscola County Commissioner, Defendants.
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Argued May 9, 1995.
Decided July 12, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kenneth K. Wright (argued and briefed), Bay City, MI, John W. Grigg (briefed), Seward, Tally & Piggott, Bay City, MI, for Diane Whaley, William E. Jones, Christine M. Tunney, Rita Sharrard, Lucille Jones Miller, George Saunders, et al.
Kenneth G. Galica (briefed), Johnson, Rosati, Galica & Shifman, St. Clair Shores, MI, Daniel P. Dalton (argued and briefed), Johnson, Rosati, Galica & Shifman, Farmington Hills, MI, for County of Saginaw.
Frank M. Quinn, (argued and briefed), Braun, Kendrick, Finkbeiner, Schafer & Murphy, Bay City, MI, for County of Tuscola.
Michael J. Forster, Saginaw, MI, for Mid Regional Tissue Center.
H. William Martin, (briefed), McGraw, Martin & Heyn, Saginaw, MI, for Saginaw Community Hosp.
Frank M. Quinn, Braun, Kendrick, Finkbeiner, Schafer & Murphy, Bay City, MI, Tobin H. Dust (briefed), Fordney, Dust & Prine, Saginaw, MI, for Herbert L. Nigg, M.D.
Michael J. Huffman (argued and briefed), Smith & Booker, Saginaw, MI, Peter L. Diesel, Smith & Booker, Flint, MI, for Ronald G. Hines, M.D.
Jose T. Brown, (argued and briefed), Cline, Cline & Griffin, Grand Blanc, MI, for Irving M. Raber, M.D.
Daniel P. Dalton, Johnson, Rosait, Galica & Shifman, Farmington Hills, MI, Tobin H. Dust, Fordney, Dust & Prine, Saginaw, MI, for M.B. Goldberger, D.O.
Kenneth G. Galica, (briefed), Johnson, Rosati, Galica, Shifman, LaBarge, Aseltyne, Sugameli & Field, Bay City, MI, for Dr. Varner.
Before: BROWN, BOGGS, and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
BAILEY BROWN, Circuit Judge.
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