Joplin v. University of Michigan Board of Regents

Plaintiff filed a negligence malpractice action against defendants in Washtenaw Circuit Court. The lower court granted defendants’ motion for summary disposition on the ground of governmental immunity. Plaintiff appeals as of right only with regard to defendants Drescher and Hebert (hereinafter defendants). We affirm.

In her complaint, plaintiff alleged that on or about February 10, 1984, she entered the University of Michigan Hospital to have an abortion, that Drescher and Hebert worked at the hospital as doctors specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, that they terminated plaintiff’s…