Lockwood v. Mobile Medical Response, Inc.

Defendant, Mobile Medical Response, Inc., appeals by leave granted the trial court’s order denying its motion for summary disposition. On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court erred by failing to grant its motion for summary disposition because plaintiff, Kurt Lockwood, as the personal representative of the estate of Jerri Lockwood (the decedent), filed a medical-malpractice complaint without following the procedures governing medical-malpractice claims. We agree and reverse the trial court’s order.

I. BASIC PACTS AND PROCEDURE

On September 12, 2004, the decedent was playing softball in…