VARGO v. SAUER

Docket No. 165179.

547 N.W.2d 40 (1996)

215 Mich. App. 389

Lois VARGO, personal representative of the estate of Janet Vargo, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harold SAUER, M.D., Defendant-Appellee, and Sisters of Mercy Health Care Corporation, d/b/a St. Lawrence Hospital; James Rawlinson, M.D.; C.P. Makhoul, D.O.; and B. Landess, C.R.N.A., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided February 9, 1996, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication April 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurswell, Chayet & Weiner by Kevin J. Cox and Tammy J. Reiss, Southfield, for plaintiff.

Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Foster, P.C. by Brett J. Bean and Kathleen E. Kane, Lansing, for Harold Sauer.

Before CORRIGAN, P.J., and MARKEY and ERNST, JJ.


MARKEY, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court's order summarily dismissing defendant Harold Sauer, M.D., from this medical malpractice action on the basis of the governmental immunity privilege set forth in M.C.L. § 691.1407(2); M.S.A. § 3.996(107)(2). We affirm.

Sauer is an obstetrician, gynecologist, and teacher employed by the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine as...

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