Johanna WOODARD, Individually and as Next friend of Austin D. Woodard, a Minor, and Steven Woodard, Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross-Appellants,
v.
Joseph R. CUSTER, M.D., Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee and
Michael K. Lipscomb, M.D., Michelle M. Nypaver, M.D., and Mona M. Riskalla, M.D., Defendants.
Johanna Woodard, Individually and as Next Friend of Austin D. Woodard, a Minor, and Steven Woodard, Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross-Appellants,
v.
University of Michigan Medical Center, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee.
Shirley Hamilton, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Rosalie Ackley, Plaintiff-Appellee, and
Blue Cross Blue Shield, Intervening Plaintiff,
v.
Mark F. Kuligowski, D.O., Defendant-Appellant.
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Argued December 14, 2005.
Decided July 31, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Nemier, Tolari, Landry, Mazzeo & Johnson, P.C. (by Craig L. Nemier, Michelle E. Mathieu, and Nancy Vayda Dembinski), and Mark R. Granzotto, Farmington Hills, Royal Oak, for Johanna and Steven Woodard.
McKeen & Associates, P.C. (by Brian J. McKeen and Ramona C. Howard), Detroit, for Shirley Hamilton.
Hebert, Eller & Chandler, P.L.L.C. (by Kevin P. Hanbury), and Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge (by Richard C. Kraus), Bingham Farms, East Lansing, for Joseph R. Custer, and University of Michigan Medical Center.
Siemion, Huckabay, Bodary, Padilla, Morganti & Bowerman, P.C. (by Raymond W. Morganti), Southfield, for Mark F. Kuligowski.
John J. Hays, East Lansing, for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan.
Butzel Long (by Max R. Hoffman, Jr.; M. Brian Cavanagh; and Debra A. Geroux) and Kirkland & Ellis L.L.P. (by James W. Rankin and Angela B. Frye), Lansing, Chicago, IL, for amici curiae American Board of Pediatrics.
Butzel Long (by Max R. Hoffman, Jr.; M. Brian Cavanagh; and Debra A. Geroux) and Johnson & Bell, Ltd. (by William K. McVisk), Lansing, Chicago, IL, for amici curiae American Board of Medical Specialties.
Kerr, Russell and Weber, P.L.C. (by Joanne Geha Swanson and Daniel J. Schulte), Detroit, for amici curiae Michigan State Medical Society.
Mark R. Bendure, Detroit, for amici curiae Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.
Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon L.L.P. (by Douglas R. Carlson and Douglas L. Prochnow), Chicago, IL, for amici curiae Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
MARKMAN, J.
We granted leave to appeal in these two cases to consider whether plaintiffs' proposed expert witnesses are qualified under MCL 600.2169(1) to give expert testimony on the appropriate standards of medical practice or care. The trial courts in both cases ruled that plaintiffs' expert witnesses are not qualified under § 2169(1). In Woodard, the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's ruling on...
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