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· 11/14/1975

Rogers v. Horvath

Citations

  • 237 N.W.2d 595
  • 65 Mich. App. 644
  • 1975 Mich. App. LEXIS 1005

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that physician’s duty arises from physician-patient relationship and absent that relationship physician may not be subject to liability for malpractice
  • holding that physician's duty arises from physician-patient relationship and absent that relationship physician may not be subject to liability for malpractice
  • holding that absence of traditional physician-patient relationship precludes physician liability
  • determining that physician retained by insurance carrier to conduct an IME had no physician-patient relationship with plaintiff who lost insurance benefits based on the results of the IME
  • no cause of action where the defendant only examined the plaintiff for her employer in connection with a workers’ compensation hearing
  • a doctor who neither advised nor treated plaintiff did not owe plaintiff a duty arising from a doctor patient relationship when the plaintiff lost benefits from an insurance company based on the doctor’s examination

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Judges: Gillis, Bronson, Burns

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