Hawkins v. Regional Medical Laboratories, PC

415 Mich. 420 (1982)

329 N.W.2d 729

HAWKINS

v.

REGIONAL MEDICAL LABORATORIES, PC

Docket No. 64302, (Calendar No. 2).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued June 2, 1981.

Decided December 23, 1982.

Charfoos, Christensen, Gilbert & Archer, P.C. (by John G. Konkel and J. Douglas Peters), for plaintiff.

Sullivan, Hamilton, Ryan & Schulz (by James M. Sullivan) for defendants.

RYAN, J.

Plaintiff, as executrix for the estate of her deceased husband, Larry M. Hawkins, brought suit against defendants alleging medical malpractice resulting in death.

In March of 1975, Dr. Spencer removed a tumorlike mass from the hip of…