Cleland v. Bronson Health Care Group, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1990-10-24

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BOGGS, Circuit Judge. The Clelands took their 15-year-old son to the Bronson Methodist Hospital emergency room in Kalamazoo, Michigan, complaining of cramps and vomiting. He was examined by a doctor of the defendant Bronson Health Care Group, who diagnosed influenza and, four hours later, discharged the patient. Unfortunately, this diagnosis was incorrect. Young Cl eland was actually suffering from intussusception, where a par…

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