KOESTER v. VCA ANIMAL HOSP.

Docket No. 216563.

624 N.W.2d 209 (2000)

244 Mich. App. 173

John KOESTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VCA ANIMAL HOSPITAL and Marjorie Field, D.V.M., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided December 26, 2000, at 9:45 a.m.

Released for Publication March 8, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven H. Wilen, Royal Oak, for the plaintiff.

Law Offices of Rice, Galin & Traurig (by Michael Ritenour), Southfield, for the defendants.

Barbara H. Goldman, Detroit, for Animal Law Section, State Bar of Michigan.

Before MARK J. CAVANAGH, P.J., and TALBOT and METER, JJ.


MARK J. CAVANAGH, P.J.

Plaintiff, John Koester, appeals as of right from the circuit court order granting defendants, VCA Animal Hospital and Marjorie Field, D.V.M., summary disposition, pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8), of his negligence claim involving the care and treatment rendered by defendants to his pet dog. We affirm.

Plaintiff left his dog at defendant VCA's kennel for a weekend. Plaintiff left explicit instructions not to use a collar on the dog because...

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