· 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
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- 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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