Ewing v. Alexander

We are called upon to review the lower court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of defendants Donald K. Alexander, M.D., and St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in the medical malpractice case at bar.

Plaintiffs, Gordon Ewing and Dora M. Ewing, brought this action alleging that on December 2, 1972, plaintiff Dora Ewing was a patient of defendant Dr. Alexander and was committed to the care of defendant St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. Pursuant to an order from the defendant physician or member of the staff of the defendant hospital, sedative drugs were administered to her. It is then claimed that plaintiff…