McCarty v. Sisters of Mercy Health Corp.

In this medical malpractice case, Debra McCarty and Michael McCarty, as copersonal representatives of the estate of their deceased infant son, Matthew Ryan McCarty, appeal as of right from a December 11, 1987, order of the Kent Circuit Court dismissing their lawsuit against defendants James R. Irwin, M.D., Earl R. Williams, M.D., and Grand River Ob-Gyn, P.C., 1 pursuant to a jury verdict in favor of defendants. We find that the trial court committed error warranting reversal in precluding plaintiffs’ counsel from impeaching the credibility of the testimony of Carl Brandt, M.D., an expert…