Burton v. William Beaumont Hospital

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• finding Michigan law does not authorize the imposition of a fiduciary duty related to a hospital's billing practices
• noting recoverable damages in breach of contract claims are limited to those which flow naturally from the breach or those that were contemplated by the parties at the time of contract
• “Michigan does not . . . recognize a claim for breach of an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing separate from an action on the underlying contract.”
• “[U]njust enrichment is not a viable claim if an express contract governs.”
• “While Michigan courts have recognized fiduciary relationships such as … doctors and patients, there is no authority for the proposition that a fiduciary relationship exists between a hospital and a patient for what plaintiffs complain of here, namely billing practices.”

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