WICKENS v. OAKWOOD HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

Docket No. 221927.

619 N.W.2d 7 (2000)

242 Mich. App. 385

Sandra J. WICKENS and David Wickens, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Intervening Plaintiff, v. OAKWOOD HEALTHCARE SYSTEM d/b/a Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., Belleville Healthcare Center d/b/a Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., Oakwood Healthcare Center-Canton d/b/a Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., and Dr. Christopher Pabian, Defendants-Appellees, and Dr. Patricia Nester, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided August 29, 2000, at 9:10 a.m.

Released for Publication October 31, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lopatin, Miller, Freedman, Bluestone, Herskovic & Domol (by Barbara H. Goldman and Richard E. Shaw), Southfield, for the plaintiffs.

Willmarth, Tanoury, Ramar, Corbet, Garves & Shaw (by Anthony J. Paradiso and Elizabeth L. Sokol), Detroit, for the defendants.

Before: HOOD, P.J., and SAWYER and MARK J. CAVANAGH, JJ.


MARK J. CAVANAGH, J.

In this medical malpractice action, plaintiffs, Sandra J. and David Wickens appeal as of right from the July 13, 1999, directed verdict in favor of defendants. We reverse and remand.

On September 18, 1997, plaintiffs filed suit alleging that defendants failed to exercise due care in the treatment and care of plaintiff Sandra J. Wickens (hereinafter Wickens) by failing to properly and timely diagnose Wickens' cancer. Specifically, plaintiffs...

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