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· 9/16/1986

Higgins v. Detroit Osteopathic Hospital Corp.

Citations

  • 398 N.W.2d 520
  • 154 Mich. App. 752

How courts have described this case

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  • a pediatrician was called at home and informed that there had been a problem during the delivery of a newborn, the baby was not breathing, and the baby would die without immediate attention
  • at most, plaintiff's evidence showed that defendant doctor was guilty of ordinary negligence in misreading plaintiff's x-rays and treating her according to misread x-rays; trial court did not err in granting defendant's motion for directed verdict on basis of Good Samaritan statute

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Judges: Cynar, Wahls, Borradaile

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