ESTATE OF TAYLOR v. UNIV. PHYSICIAN GROUP

No. 338801.

941 N.W.2d 672 (2019)

329 Mich. App. 268

ESTATE OF Effie TAYLOR, BY Oras TAYLOR, Personal Representative, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNIVERSITY PHYSICIAN GROUP, Legacy Shgd, VHS Sinai Grace Hospital, Inc., Tenet Healthcare Corporation, VHS of Michigan, Inc., VHS Physicians of Michigan, DMC Lahser Ambulatory, and DMC Lahser Campus, Defendants and Franklin Medical Consultants, PC, and Manuel Sklar, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided July 25, 2019, 9:15 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bendure & Thomas, PLC, Grosse Pointe Park (by Mark R. Bendure ) and McKeen & Associates, P.C., Detroit (by Brian J. McKeen and Kenneth Lee ), for the estate of Effie Taylor.

Tanoury, Nauts, McKinney and Garbarino, PLLC (by Anita Comorski , Detroit, Linda M. Garbarino , Livonia, and William A. Tanoury , Detroit) for Franklin Medical Consultants, PC, and Manuel Sklar, M.D.

Before: Gleicher, P.J., and Stephens and O'Brien, JJ.


This medical malpractice case arises from a colonoscopy performed by defendant Manuel Sklar, M.D., on plaintiff's decedent, Effie Taylor. During the procedure, Dr. Sklar observed lesions in Taylor's colon that he believed were arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). Dr. Sklar biopsied the suspected AVMs. Three days later, Taylor developed...

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