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FULTON v. PONTIAC GENERAL HOSPITAL

Docket No. 225174.

655 N.W.2d 569 (2002)

253 Mich. App. 70

Paul FULTON, Personal Representative of the Estate of Julie Fulton, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Attorney General, Department of Community Health, and Blue Cross Blue Shield, Intervenors, v. Pontiac General Hospital, d/b/a North Oakland Medical Centers, and Dr. Deborah Margules Eldridge, Defendants, and WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL, Dr. T. Kuntzman, Dr. J. Watts, and Stephen Peters, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided September 20, 2002, at 9:00 a.m.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Lenter (Sommers, Schwartz, Silver & Schwartz, P.C., by Patrick Burkett, of counsel), Southfield, Southfield, for the plaintiff.

Dickinson Wright PLLC (by Barbara Hughes Erard and Shari M. Borsini), Detroit, for the defendants.

Before TALBOT, P.J., and SMOLENSKI and WILDER, JJ.

TALBOT, P.J.

In this medical malpractice action, defendants1 appeal by leave granted from the trial court's order denying their motion for summary disposition. We reverse.

I. Facts

On February 15, 1995, Julie Fulton went to see Dr. Deborah Eldridge, a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology, for a prenatal examination. Dr. Eldridge performed an examination and noted that Fulton's cervix was long, closed, thick, and friable...

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