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BARNETT v. HIDALGO

Docket Nos. 130071, 130073. Calendar No. 2.

732 N.W.2d 472 (2007)

478 Mich. 151

Wapeka B. BARNETT, Personal Representative of the Estate of James O. Barnett, III, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cesar D. HIDALGO, M.D., Cesar D. Hidalgo, M.D., P.C., Defendants-Appellees, and Renato Albaran, M.D., and Renato Albaran, M.D., P.C., Defendants-Appellants, and Muskesh S. Shah, M.D., Oncology & Hematology of Oakland, P.C., Crittenton Hospital, and Crittenton Corporation, Defendants. Wapeka B. Barnett, Personal Representative of the Estate of James O. Barnett, III, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cesar D. Hidalgo, M.D., Cesar D. Hidalgo, M.D., P.C., Defendants-Appellants, and Renato Albaran, M.D., and Renato Albaran, M.D., P.C., Defendants-Appellees, and Muskesh S. Shah, M.D., Oncology & Hematology of Oakland, P.C., Crittenton Hospital, and Crittenton Corporation, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 30, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sommers Schwartz, P.C. (by Charles R. Ash, III, and Richard D. Toth), Southfield, for the plaintiff.

Grier & Copeland, P.C. (by Rhonda Y. Reid Williams), Detroit, for Cesar D. Hidalgo, M.D., and Cesar D. Hidalgo, M.D., P.C.

O'Connor, DeGrazia, Tamm & O'Connor, P.C. (by Julie McCann O'Connor and James E. Tamm), Bloomfield Hills, for Renato Albaran, M.D., and Renato Albaran, M.D., P.C.

Thomas A. Biscup, Shelby Township, for amicus curiae Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.

MARKMAN, J.

We granted leave to appeal to consider the following issues: (1) whether the trial court committed error requiring reversal by admitting affidavits of merit as substantive and impeachment evidence; (2) whether the trial court committed error requiring reversal by allowing the jury to consider affidavits of merit that referenced a settling defendant; and (3) whether the trial court committed error requiring reversal in this case by admitting the deposition...

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