McGhee v. Bhama

In this action for medical malpractice brought against two psychiatrists employed by the Department of Mental Health of the State of Michigan, plaintiff appeals as of right from a grant of defendants’ motions for summary judgment pursuant to GCR 1963, 117.2(3) for failure to state a claim in avoidance of the statute on governmental immunity, MCL 691.1407; MSA 3.996(107).

On March 23, 1982, plaintiff’s decedent, Gregory Watkins, then age 20, was admitted to the Clinton Valley Center, a mental hospital in Pontiac which is operated by the Michigan Department of Mental Health. On May 9, 1982,…