Bruce v. Grace Hospital

The defendants appeal as of right from a November 30, 1978, order of the Wayne County Circuit Court granting the plaintiffs’ request for a dismissal without prejudice. The plaintiffs had filed a medical malpractice action on April 23, 1974, against the defendants, based upon operations which were performed from 1968 to 1972.

A summary of the history of this litigation is in order. At a pretrial conference which was held in November of 1976, the case was scheduled for trial on February 17, 1978. On February 8, 1978, a settlement conference was held, and plaintiffs sought an adjournment of the…