Catanese v. Heggen

This appeal arises from a wrongful death action filed in Wayne County. The trial court granted defendants’ motion for a change of venue based on a claim that venue was improperly laid.

Plaintiff’s decedent, a resident of Macomb County, was under the care and treatment of defendants, who, for purposes of venue, reside in Oakland County. Deterioration of the condition of plaintiffs decedent eventually led to her hospitalization at Harper Hospital, located in Wayne County. Plaintiffs decedent expired while a patient in Harper Hospital. Thereafter, plaintiff commenced this action for wrongful…