BUSH v. SHABAHANG

Docket Nos. 274708, 274709 and 274726.

753 N.W.2d 271 (2008)

Gary L. BUSH, Guardian of Gary E. Bush, a Protected Person, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Behrooz-Bruce SHABAHANG, M.D., Defendant-Appellant, and John Charles Heiser, M.D., West Michigan Cardiovascular Surgeons, George T. Sugiyama, M.D., M. Ashraf Mansour, M.D., Vascular Associates, P.C., and Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus, Defendants. Gary L. Bush, Guardian of Gary E. Bush, a Protected Person, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Behrooz-Bruce Shabahang, M.D., George T. Sugiyama, M.D., M. Ashraf Mansour, M.D., Vascular Associates, P.C., And Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus, Defendants, and John Charles Heiser, M.D., West Michigan Cardiovascular Surgeons, Defendants-Appellants. Gary L. Bush, Guardian of Gary E. Bush, a Protected Person, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Behrooz-Bruce Shabahang, M.D., John Charles Heiser, M.D., West Michigan Cardiovascular Surgeons, George T. Sugiyama, M.D., M. Ashraf Mansour, M.D., Vascular Associates, P.C., Defendants, and Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 1, 2008, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evans, Pletkovic & Rhodes, P.C. (by Sandra L. Ganos), Huntington Woods, for Gary L. Bush.

Hackney, Grover, Hoover & Bean, PLC (by Richard K. Grover, Jr., and Thomas C. Kates), Grandville, for Behrooz-Bruce Shabahang, M.D.

Aardema, Whitelaw & Sears-Ewald (by Brian W. Whitelaw and Timothy P. Buchalski), Grand Rapids, for John C. Heiser, M.D., and West Michigan Cardiovascular Surgeons.

Rhoades McKee (by Mark E. Fatum and Douglas P. Vanden Berge), Grand Rapids, for Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus.

Before: FITZGERALD, P.J., and SMOLENSKI and BECKERING, JJ.


SMOLENSKI, J.

In this medical-malpractice case, defendant Behrooz-Bruce Shabahang, M.D., appeals by leave granted the trial court's April 28, 2006, order denying his motion for summary disposition that was based on the grounds that plaintiff's notice of intent to sue was deficient and that plaintiff prematurely filed suit. Defendants John Charles Heiser, M.D., and West Michigan Cardiovascular Surgeons (WM Cardiovascular), and, in a separate appeal, defendant Spectrum...

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