DeRocco v. Harper Grace Hospital

Plaintiff appeals as of right from the denial of his motion for reconsideration of an order granting summary disposition to defendantappellee. The trial court entered the order based on a finding that defendant-appellee was entitled to governmental immunity. We affirm.

Plaintiff’s decedent, Josephine DeRocco, underwent a successful heart transplant in June of 1985 at the University of Michigan Health Center. Before her discharge, plaintiff’s decedent’s postoperative drug therapy was supervised by defendantappellee Joseph A. Walton, M.D., a specialist in internal medicine employed at the health…