PORTER v. HENRY FORD HOSP

Docket No. 108100.

181 Mich. App. 706 (1989)

450 N.W.2d 37

PORTER v. HENRY FORD HOSPITAL

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided September 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Tyler, P.C. (by Robert A. Tyler), for appellant.

Kitch, Saurbier, Drutchas, Wagner & Kenney, P.C. (by Susan Healy Zitterman), for appellee.

Before: CYNAR, P.J., and BRENNAN and MARILYN KELLY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs appeal as of right the circuit court's order granting summary disposition against them on their medical malpractice claim. The trial court's decision was based on a failure to plead medical malpractice with the required specificity and plaintiffs' failure to present expert testimony on the standard of care.

In April, 1983, plaintiff Leonard Porter underwent open heart surgery at the defendant Henry Ford Hospital. Following surgery, Porter...

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