Court of Appeals Rules Medical Malpractice Suit Required to Allege Cause of Action for Improper Ambulation of Diabetic Patient Recovering from Knee Surgery As Within Realm of Professionalized Knowledge and Training

The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled a plaintiff must pursue a cause of action sounding in medical malpractice against a hospital where plaintiff broke her leg when hospital staff were removing her to ambulate as part of her recovery from knee surgery. In Lukas v. William Beaumont Hospital (1), Plaintiff filed a lawsuit against the [...]