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VARGO v. SAUER

Docket No. 106262, Calendar No. 14.

576 N.W.2d 656 (1998)

457 Mich. 49

Lois VARGO, Personal Representative of Estate of Janet Vargo, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harold SAUER, M.D., Defendant-Appellee, and Sisters Of Mercy Health Care Corporation, doing business as St. Lawrence Hospital, James Rawlinson, M.D., C.P. Makhoul, D.O. and B. Landess, CRNA, jointly and severally, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 21, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurswell, Chayet & Weiner by Tammy J. Reiss, Southfield, for plaintiff-appellant.

Fraser, Trebilcock, Davis & Foster, P.C. by Brett J. Bean and Charyn K. Hain, Lansing, for defendant-appellee.

Granzotto & Nicita, P.C. by Angela J. Nicita, Detroit, amicus curiae for Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.

Opinion

BRICKLEY, Justice.

This case arises out of an action for medical malpractice involving the death of twentyyear-old Janet Vargo after she gave birth to her son at St. Lawrence Hospital in Lansing. Plaintiff, as personal representative of the estate of Janet Vargo, asserted that defendant-appellee Dr. Harold Sauer, a Michigan State University medical professor who instructs medical residents and treats patients at St. Lawrence, negligently caused Ms...

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