Otero v. Warnick

In this gross negligence action, plaintiff Anthony Otero, a former suspect in a murder case, appeals as of right from the circuit court’s order granting summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8) in favor of defendant Allan J. Wamick, D.D.S., the chief forensic odontologist for the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office. We affirm.

I. BASIC FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In October 1994, Virginia Airasolo was sexually assaulted and murdered. Defendant performed an examination and concluded that wound pattern injuries on the body were consistent with human bite marks. Following plaintiff’s…