JENKINS v. PATEL

Docket No. 233116.

662 N.W.2d 453 (2003)

256 Mich. App. 112

Margaret JENKINS, Personal Representative of the Estate of Mattie Howard, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jayesh Kumar PATEL and Comprehensive Health Services, d/b/a The Wellness Plan, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided April 1, 2003, at 9:15 a.m.

Released for Publication May 29, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira B. Saperstein, Southfield, for the plaintiff.

Kitch Drutchas Wagner DeNardis & Valitutti (by Susan H. Zitterman) and Grier & Copeland, P.C. (by Wilson Copeland and Dora Brantley), Detroit, for the defendants.

Before: COOPER, P.J., and MURPHY and MICHAEL J. KELLY, JJ.


MURPHY, J.

Defendants Jayesh K. Patel and Comprehensive Health Services appeal as of right from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict that awarded plaintiff Margaret Jenkins, personal representative of the estate of Mattie Howard, $10 million in damages in this wrongful-death, medical-malpractice action. On the basis of our resolution of this appeal, it is necessary to address only two central issues. First, we...

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