· 7/21/1989
Gordin v. William Beaumont Hospital
Citations
- 447 N.W.2d 793
- 180 Mich. App. 488
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding that physician who was not on-call had no duty to respond to the request for assistance at hospital’s emergency room
- off-duty physicians are entitled to partial immunity under Good Samaritan statute; otherwise, they would be discouraged from responding to emergency situations
- an emergency room doctor summoned an off-duty surgeon to the hospital because a car accident victim required immediate surgery
- court granted immunity to off-duty physician who responded to emergency call at the hospital
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Judges: Doctoroff, Maher, Kelly
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