BINKOWSKI v. FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES AGENCY

No. 4:96-CV-22.

39 F.Supp.2d 882 (1998)

Mary Ann BINKOWSKI, Plaintiff, v. FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES AGENCY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

December 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merritt W. Green, II, Robb, Messing, Palmer & Dignan, PC, Traverse City, MI, Paul T. Belazis, W. David Arnold, Nathan & Roberts, Toledo, OH, for Mary Ann Binkowski.

Merritt W. Green, II, Robb, Messing, Palmer & Dignan, PC, Traverse City, MI, for Rebecca Ann Binkowski.

Ronald W. Rice, Rice, Galin & Traurig, Southfield, MI, for Family and Children's Services, Inc., Donald Vanderkooy, Todd Lewicky, Susan Slis, Vonda Essenburg.

Richard H. Winslow, Cummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho, PC, Battle Creek, MI, for Kalamazoo Department of Human Services, Roger Vanderschie, Keith Walker, Jan Duplissie, Kalamazoo County, Kalamazoo County Community Mental Health Bd., John Wittekindt, M.D.

James D. Mequio, C. Giles Smith, Jr., Smith, Mequio & Koning, P.C., Portage, MI, for John Fries, M.D.

Debra M. Gagliardi, Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Mental Health Division, Lansing, MI, for James Coleman, Mukitarij Mehta, M.D.

Debra M. Gagliardi, Lansing, MI, for Chong Soo Kim, M.D., K.H. HSU, M.D., Robert Gibson, Gopal K. Bedi, Elaine Danaher.

Michael F. Condit, Condit, McGarry & Schloff, PC, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Armando Desaloms, M.D.

E. Frederick Davison, Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, Grand Rapids, MI, for Winifred Frazee, Wayne Frazee, defendants.

David Stappenbeck, Ypsilanti, MI, pro se.

Richard P. Condit, Michael F. Condit, Condit, McGarry & Schloff, PC, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Armando Desaloms, M.D.


OPINION

QUIST, District Judge.

Plaintiff, the personal representative of the estate of Rebecca Ann Binkowski ("Binkowski"), has filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of Binkowski's Fourteenth Amendment substantive due process rights. Plaintiff's complaint also includes pendent state law claims of negligence and failure to warn. There are 26 named Defendants in this case, who fall into four categories: the Kalamazoo Regional...

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