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TIERNEY v. UNIV. OF MICH. REGENTS

Docket No. 239690.

669 N.W.2d 575 (2003)

257 Mich. App. 681

Mary TIERNEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Court of Claims UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGENTS, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided August 5, 2003, at 9:05 a.m.

Released for Publication September 18, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis & Kuhnke, P.C. (by Peter A. Davis and Carol A. Kuhnke), Ann Arbor, for the plaintiff.

Sullivan, Ward, Bone, Tyler & Asher, P.C. (by Ronald S. Lederman), Southfield, for the defendant.

Before: NEFF, P.J., and FORT HOOD and BORRELLO, JJ.

NEFF, P.J.

Plaintiff Mary Tierney appeals by leave granted an order of the trial court denying her motion for leave to file a fourth amended complaint alleging patient abandonment in this medical malpractice action. We reverse and remand.

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The issue presented in this case is whether under Michigan law a doctor's abandonment of his patient is actionable, as either medical malpractice or as a separate cause of action for patient abandonment. We hold...

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