Legal Opinion
Brown v. Siang
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided June 5, 1981No. Docket 45249PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBashara, J.
Plaintiff filed suit against defendants alleging medical malpractice. The complaint stated that plaintiffs decedent, Dorothy Ross Brown, entered the defendant Sinai Hospital of Detroit (Sinai) on May 21, 1976. While the decedent was in Sinai, defendant Dr. Go Thiek Siang performed a liver biopsy on her, resulting is massive hemorrhaging. Purportedly due to defendants’ negligence, she died on June 20, 1976.
Sinai filed a motion for accelerated judgment pursuant to GCR 1963, 116.1(2) and 769.1. The motion alleged, and was supported by way of affidavit, that plaintiffs deceased, upon entering the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Withrow v. LarkinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Ferguson v. SkrupaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Ward v. Village of MonroevilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Johnson v. St. Vincent Hospital, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 1980
- State Ex Rel. Strykowski v. WilkieWisconsin Supreme Court · 1978
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- Williams v. O'CONNORMichigan Court of Appeals · 1981
- Horn v. CookeMichigan Court of Appeals · 1982
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