SALTER v. PATTON

Docket No. 243053.

682 N.W.2d 537 (2004)

261 Mich. App. 559

Terry SALTER, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jill I. Salter, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William F. PATTON, M.D., and Pulmonary Medicine, P.C., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided April 13, 2004, at 9:10 a.m.

Released for Publication June 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

John Patrick O'Leary and Sarah J. Lyons, Southfield, for the defendants.

Before: SAWYER, P.J., and SAAD and BANDSTRA, JJ.


SAAD, J.

In this wrongful death action, defendants William F. Patton, M.D., and Pulmonary Medicine, P.C., appeal by leave granted from the trial court's order that denied their motion for leave to file notice of nonparty fault. We reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

I. Procedural History

Plaintiff filed this wrongful death, medical malpractice action against defendants for their failure to timely diagnose and...

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