KLEIN v. KIK

Docket No. 250679.

692 N.W.2d 854 (2005)

264 Mich. App. 682

Melissa KLEIN, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Matthew Conklin, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard KIK, Jr., M.D., Defendant-Appellant, and Bronson Hospital d/b/a Bronson Medical Health Center, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided January 11, 2005, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication February 16, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charfoos & Christensen, P.C. (by David R. Parker, J. Douglas Peters, and Ann K. Mandt), Detroit, for the plaintiff.

Hackney Grover Hoover & Bean, P.L.C. (by Brett J. Bean and Lyn N. Handel), East Lansing, for the defendant.

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


SMOLENSKI, P.J.

Defendant Richard Kik, Jr., M.D., appeals by leave granted the trial court's decision denying summary disposition. The only issue on appeal is whether the court erred in refusing to apply the causation requirement of MCL 600.2912a(2) to plaintiff's medical malpractice claim. We find that the court so erred and, pursuant to this Court's interpretation of MCL 600.2912a(2) in Fulton v. William Beaumont Hosp., 253 Mich.App. 70...

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