ESSELMAN v. GARDEN CITY HOSP.

Docket Nos. 280723, 280816.

772 N.W.2d 438 (2009)

284 Mich. App. 209

ESSELMAN v. GARDEN CITY HOSPITAL.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided June 4, 2009, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fieger, Fieger, Kenney, Johnson & Giroux, P.C. (by Heather A. Jefferson and Vernon R. Johnson), Southfield, for the plaintiff.

Feikens, Stevens, Kennedy & Galbraith, P.C. (by Jon Feikens), Detroit, for Garden City Hospital.

Rutledge, Manion, Rabaut, Terry & Thomas, P.C. (by Matthew J. Thomas and Paul J. Manion), Detroit, for David J. Fertel, D.O., and others.

Before: SAAD, C.J., and DAVIS and SERVITTO, JJ.


DAVIS, J.

In these consolidated appeals, the defendants appeal orders that denied their respective motions for summary disposition. This medical malpractice case arises out of David Esselman's death, while in the care of defendants, from gangrenous cholecystitis1 and sepsis, each of which he apparently had for at least 24 hours before his death. Defendants contend that plaintiff's notice of intent and affidavits of merit were insufficient...

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