DAWE v. DR. REUVEN BAR-LEVAV & ASSOCIATES

Docket No. 137092.

780 N.W.2d 272 (2010)

Elizabeth DAWE, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Intervening Plaintiff, v. DR. REUVEN BAR-LEVAV & ASSOCIATES, P.C., Estate of Reuven Bar-Levav, M.D., and Leora Bar-Levav, M.D., Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided March 30, 2010.


MICHAEL F. CAVANAGH, J.

In this case we must decide whether a plaintiff-patient may pursue a common-law medical malpractice claim against his or her mental health professional when the mental health professional allegedly negligently placed the plaintiff in danger of harm at the hands of another patient or whether the Mental Health Code, in MCL 330.1946, abrogated such a common-law claim. We hold that MCL 330.1946 did not...

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