Persichini v. William Beaumont Hospital

Plaintiff, Patricia Persichini, as personal representative of the estate of Mildred Mikoljeski, appeals by leave granted from the trial court order assessing plaintiff’s counsel with mistrial sanctions in this medical malpractice action. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Plaintiff filed the instant lawsuit alleging that defendants’ failure to diagnose and treat Mikoljeski’s *629respiratory distress led to her death. A trial before then Circuit Judge Hilda Gage commenced on October 16, 1995. On the third day of trial, while cross-examining defendant Dr. Richard A. Herbert, plaintiffs counsel…