Robinson v. Washtenaw Circuit Judge

Plaintiffs in the above entitled cases are husband and wife. Each commenced a tort action in the circuit court of Washtenaw county against Dr. Scott C. Runnells and the regents of the University of Michigan to recover damages resulting from injuries alleged to have been wrongfully inflicted upon her (Fay Robinson) while a surgical patient in the University hospital. The questions involved in these mandamus proceedings are substantially the same in both cases and they were submitted upon the same briefs. Service was duly had upon defendants and similar declarations, each containing two counts…