Seder v. Peoples Community Hospital Authority

Plaintiff, Louis J. Seder, appeals as of right from an order of the Wayne Circuit Court granting summary disposition in favor of defendant, Peoples Community Hospital Authority (pcha), a nonprofit community hospital doing business as Seaway Hospital, on the basis of governmental immunity under MCL 691.1407; MSA 3.996 (107). We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

The record reveals that on February 17, 1983, plaintiff underwent a hemorroidectomy at pcha. Following this operation, plaintiff developed a urinary infection which, he alleged, was caused and exacerbated by treatment rendered…