Martin v. St. John Hospital & Medical Center Corp.

Defendant appeals by leave granted from an order of Wayne County Circuit Judge Charles Kaufman denying its motion for partial summary disposition in this wrongful death action. We affirm.

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In 1987 Deanna Martin gave birth to a child by caesarean section at defendant St. John Hospital. In 1988, she again became pregnant. At about thirty-seven weeks’ gestation, she was admitted to a different hospital complaining of abdominal pain. Following a period of monitoring, her physician performed an emergency caesarean section. Her physician determined that her uterus had ruptured where the earlier…