Ellison v. Wayne County General Hospital

In this action, plaintiffs complaint alleged that five physicians associated with defendant hospital were culpable of medical malpractice in the delivery of plaintiff’s baby. The circuit court granted defendant hospital’s motion for accelerated judgment on the grounds of governmental immunity. Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed her suit against one of the defendant physicians and proceeded against the remaining four in a jury trial. The jury returned verdicts of no cause of action in favor of each of the defendants. Plaintiff appeals, and we affirm.

On June 24, 1972 plaintiff, then 40 years old,…