Legal Opinion
Trepel v. Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided June 18, 1984No. Docket 67537, 67538, 67539PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtM. J. Kelly, P.J.
This controversy with one more ingredient could provide the grist for a season’s episodes of General Hospital. Plaintiff doctor was employed by defendant hospital as a sort of independent commission merchant for x-ray services. After several terms covering 20 years, the parties fell out with a bang, not a whimper. Plaintiff enlisted a battery of attorneys, launched a preemptive strike against defendants and fired off one, two, three lawsuits. Defendants reacted with a battalion of attorneys who returned the salvo and added numerous countering missiles of their own. The resulting fray dumps a…
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