APSEY v. MEMORIAL HOSP.

Docket No. 251110.

702 N.W.2d 870 (2005)

266 Mich. App. 666

Sue H. APSEY and Robert Apsey, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, d/b/a Memorial Healthcare Center, Russell H. Tobe, D.O., James H. Deering, D.O., and James H. Deering, D.O., P.C., d/b/a Shiawassee Radiology Consultants, P.C., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided June 9, 2005, at 9:05 a.m.

Released for Publication August 25, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffery S. Zilinski, Burton, for Sue H. Apsey and Robert Apsey, Jr.

Cline, Cline, Griffin (by Glenn M. Simmington and Jose T. Brown), Flint, for Memorial Hospital.

Hackney Grover Hoover & Bean (by Randy J. Hackney and Loretta B. Subhi), East Lansing, for Russell H. Tobe, D.O.

Willingham & Coté, P.C. (by Ray Foresman, Michael W. Stephenson, and Matthew K. Payok), East Lansing, for James H. Deering, D.O.; and Shiawassee Radiology Consultants, P.C.

Linda M. Galante, Grosse Pointe Park, for the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association, amicus curiae.

Charfoos & Christensen, P.C. (by David R. Parker), Detroit, for the State Bar of Michigan Negligence Section and the State Bar of Michigan Elder Law Section, amici curiae.

Daniel W. Sherrick, Detroit, for International Union, UAW, amicus curiae.

Olsman, Mueller & James, P.C. (by Jules B. Olsman and Phyllis A. Figiel), Berkley, for Citizens for Better Care, amicus curiae.

The Googasian Firm, P.C. (by George A. Googasian and Dean M. Googasian), Bloomfield Hills, for the State of Bar of Michigan, amicus curiae.

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Robert Welliver and Heather S. Meingast, Assistant Attorneys General, for the Department of Community Health, amicus curiae.

Kerr, Russell and Weber, P.L.C. (by Joanne Geha Swanson, Daniel J. Schulte, and Michael A. Sneyd), Detroit, for the Michigan State Medical Society, amicus curiae.

Maddin, Hauser, Wartell, Roth & Heller, P.C. (by Mark H. Fink), Southfield, for Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, amicus curiae.

Before: MARK J. CAVANAGH, P.J., and JANSEN and GAGE, JJ.


ON RECONSIDERATION

JANSEN, J.

Plaintiffs, Sue H. Apsey and Robert Apsey, Jr., appeal as of right a circuit court order granting summary disposition for defendants, Memorial Hospital, doing business in Owosso as Memorial Healthcare Center; two of its practitioners, doctors Russell H. Tobe and James H. Deering; and the business entities under which they practice. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

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