Legal Opinion
Cleland v. Bronson Health Care Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 24, 1990No. 89-1627PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
The Clelands took their 15-year-old son to the Bronson Methodist Hospital emergency room in Kalamazoo, Michigan, complaining of cramps and vomiting. He was examined by a doctor of the defendant Bronson Health Care Group, who diagnosed influenza and, four hours later, discharged the patient. Unfortunately, this diagnosis was incorrect. Young Cl eland was actually suffering from intussusception, where a part of the intestine telescopes within itself. Less than 24 hours later, he suffered cardiac arrest and died. Instead of limiting themselves to the perhaps expected medical…
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