DiPonio v. Henry Ford Hospital

Defendant appeals from an order entered by Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Thomas J. Brennan on September 17, 1979, denying defendant’s motion for accelerated judgment and to compel arbitration.

According to the lower court record, the following chronology of events occurred. Plaintiffs’ decedent, Dominic John DiPonio, was admitted to Henry Ford Hospital for medical treatment on June 25, 1978. On that day, decedent voluntarily executed an arbitration agreement. The next day, June 26, 1978, decedent underwent a coronary surgical procedure and died during the course of the operation. Shortly…