Amwake v. Mercy-Memorial Hospital

Plaintiff, a special guardian of the estate of Roma K. Anteau, a physically infirm person, appeals by right from an August 4, 1978, order of the Monroe County Circuit Court granting defendants’ motion for an accelerated judgment of dismissal, with prejudice, of a medical malpractice complaint. This dismissal was without prejudice to plaintiffs arbitration rights.

Roma K. Anteau first entered the defendant, Memorial Hospital, on March 12, 1977, for the treatment of a cyst. At that time, she signed a standard hospital arbitration agreement form. She signed an identical form when she returned for…