Carlton v. St John Hospital

In this medical malpractice action, plaintiff appeals as of right the March 3, 1987, order of the Wayne Circuit Court granting summary disposition to defendants Berg, a vascular surgeon, Garver, an orthopedic surgeon, and Grosse Pointe Orthopaedic Associates, P.C., pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(10) in Docket No. 100940, and the June 24, 1987, order granting a directed verdict to defendants Christensen, an internist and cardiologist, and St. John Hospital in Docket No. 101905. We affirm.

The focus of this litigation is the death of plaintiff’s decedent, seventy-one-year-old John Carlton, who died at…