Peltier v. Eldredge

Defendant, Bon Secours Hospital, appeals by leave granted the order of the circuit court denying the hospital’s motion for accelerated judgment. GCR 1963, 116.1(5).

Plaintiff filed suit against Edward F. Eldredge, M.D., a defendant not involved in this appeal, on April 23, 1979. Plaintiff alleged that, during his August to October, 1977, stay at Bon Secours Hospital, Dr. Eldredge ordered that certain medi*535cation be administered to him. Plaintiff suffered auditory nerve damage as a result of the medication.

In 1980, plaintiff twice amended his complaint to add two pharmaceutical companies as…