Jilek v. Stockson

Plaintiff brought a wrongful-death suit against Dr. Carlin Stockson and her employer/principal EPMG of Michigan, P.C.1 Plaintiff alleged that Dr. Stockson was negligent in her evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of Daniel Jilek when she saw Jilek at the Maple Urgent Care center on March 1, 2002.2 The jury returned a verdict of no cause of action in favor of Dr. Stockson and EPMG.

For reasons the record does not explain, Jilek went for treatment at Maple Urgent Care on March 1, 2002, rather than to his primary doctor. According to the *294front desk form he completed, Jilek was complaining of…