Bernhardt v. Ingham Regional Medical Center

Plaintiff appeals as of right the order granting defendants’ motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(4) for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. We affirm.

According to plaintiff’s first amended complaint, she visited defendant Ingham Regional Medical Center (the hospital) on August 7, 1997, to bring home her adopted newborn son. Before visiting the baby, she removed her jewelry while scrubbing her hands and arms. Plaintiff left the jewelry at the washbasin and forgot to retrieve it before returning home. The jewelry consisted of an 1897 diamond ring and a 1980 Seiko watch.…