Means v. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

OPINION

ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Tamesha Means miscarried at eighteen weeks’ gestation. She sought treatment at a Catholic hospital in western Michigan, which allegedly failed to provide her accurate information or diagnose and treat a serious bacterial infection. Three years later, Means sued, not the hospital or any of its physicians, but the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and three individuals who have served as chair of the unincorporated organization Catholic Health Ministries (CHM). Means has alleged that USCCB and the CHM defendants are liable…