VANSTELLE v. MACASKILL

Docket Nos. 229123, 236435.

662 N.W.2d 41 (2003)

255 Mich. App. 1

Virginia VANSTELLE, Individually and as Next Friend for Robert P. Vanstelle, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Douglas MACASKILL, D.O., Bon Secours Hospital, a/k/a Bon Secours Cottage Health Services, THA "Thomas" U, M.D., Michigan Neurology Associates, P.C., St. Johns Hospital and Medical Center and St. John Health Systems, Defendants, and St. John Health System Detroit-Macomb Campus, d/b/a St. John Riverview Hospital, and Riverview Medical Offices, and Detroit Riverview Hospital, Defendants-Appellants. Robert Vanstelle and Virginia Vanstelle, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Douglas Macaskill, D.O., Bon Secours Hospital, a/k/a Bon Secours Cottage Health Services, THA "Thomas" U, M.D., Michigan Neurology Associates, P.C., and Riverview Medical Offices, and Detroit Riverview Hospital, Defendants, and St. John Health Systems and St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided January 14, 2003, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication April 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet M. Brandon, Farmington Hills, for the plaintiffs.

Kitch Drutchas Wagner DeNardis & Valitutti (by Susan Nealy Zitterman), Detroit, for St. John Health System— Detroit-Macomb Campus and Riverview Medical Offices affiliated with Detroit Riverview Hospital.

Siemion, Huckabay, Bodary, Padilla, Morganti & Bowerman, P.C. (by Raymond W. Morganti), Southfield, for St. John Hospital and Medical Center and St. John Health System.

Before: FITZGERALD, P.J., and BANDSTRA and GAGE, JJ.


GAGE, J.

Both cases in these consolidated appeals raise the legal issue of ostensible agency in a medical office setting. In Docket No. 229123, defendants St. John Health System— Detroit-Macomb Campus, doing business as St. John Riverview Hospital and Medical Center (St. John Riverview Hospital), Riverview Medical Offices (Riverview Medical), and Detroit Riverview Hospital (Riverview Hospital) (hereinafter collectively...

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