JAY ANSON V W A FOOTE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
UNPUBLISHED
June 8, 2004
DOROTHY CREECH,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v
W. A. FOOTE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.
and STERIS CORPORATION,
No. 237437
Jackson Circuit Court
LC No. 00-005650-NH
Defendants-Appellants.
JAY C. PORTER,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v
No. 237438
LC No. 00-005711-NO
W. A. FOOTE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.
and STERIS CORPORATION,
Defendants-Appellants.
SARAH E. WILLIAMS, JOHN WALLACE, and
SHARON WALLACE,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v
o. 237439
N
LC No. 00-005740-NH
W. A. FOOTE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.
and STERIS CORPORATION,
Defendants-Appellants.
JERRY RICHARD MOORE, SHEREE MOORE,
DENISE REYNOLDS, and GLEN REYNOLDS,
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Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v
No. 237440
LC No. 00-005752-NH
W. A. FOOTE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.
and STERIS CORPORATION,
Defendants-Appellants.
JAY ANSON, DOUGLAS AYLESWORTH,
JANET
BEILFUSS,
CHARLES
BELTZ,
THEODORE BREZINSKI, REBECCA BURT,
RENE CHAPA, DAVID CLAUCHERTY,
MAURINE CORYELL, MARY CRANDALL,
DIANE EMERY, LINDA FARLEY, JOLA
FARRELL, LESTER FIDLER, MARK E.
GORZEN, MARY GREEN, RUTH HALE,
SHAWN HAMLIN, BARBARA JEAN HARDEN,
HERBERT ISAACS, MARY JACOBSON, PAUL
KOZLOWICZ, RAY LEWIS, TERESA MAY,
DAVID CLYDE MEISTER, LUCILLE MEYER,
KEVIN
MILLER,
NICHOLAS
MILLER,
DONALD MOON, RUBY MONTGOMERY,
CAROLINE MYERS, ARTHUR NASTALLY,
SUSAN PERRY, TERRY PHALEN, RONALD
RACER,
ROBERT
REESE,
ROBERT
RICHARDSON,
VALERIE
RODERICK,
LUCILLE SEPTA, DANNY SMITH, FRED
STEWART, ROBERT THOMAS, ROY LEE
THOMASSON, JANET TODD, PATRICIA
TREFRY,
TONE
TRUSTY,
KIMBERLY
TUCKER, CHARLES WALKER, STEPHANIE
WALSH, KATHLEEN WILSON, BERNARD
YAGER, SUSAN AYLESWORTH, LINDA
BREZINSKI, MRS. CLAUCHERTY, STEVEN D.
EMERY, WILLIAM A. FARLEY, JR., SHIRLEY
FIDLER, SUE GORZEN, EUGENE GREEN,
JOYCE ISAACS, LAWRENCE O. JACOBSON,
JOAN KOZLOWICZ, JAMES P. MAY,
PHYLLIS A. MEISTER, JAMES MEYER, DEE
MOON, EMILY NASTALLY, MARY PHALEN,
MARY E. RICHARDSON, JEAN STEWART,
PHYLLIS
J.
THOMAS,
SANDRA
F.
THOMASSON, MARIA TRUSTY, GENE T.
TUCKER, KIMBERLY WALKER, JASON
WALSH, JACK WHEELER, JOY YAGER, and
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ALL OTHER SIMILARLY SITUATED,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v
No. 237441
LC No. 01-000755-NO
W. A. FOOTE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.
and STERIS CORPORATION,
Defendants-Appellants.
JERRY RICHARD MOORE, SHEREE L.
MOORE,
DENISE
REYNOLDS,
GLEN
REYNOLDS, and ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY
SITUATED,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v
No. 237442
LC No. 00-005752-NH
W. A. FOOTE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.
and STERIS CORPORATION,
Defendants-Appellants.
DOROTHY CREECH and
SIMILARLY SITUATED,
ALL
OTHERS
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
No. 237443
LC No. 00-005650-NH
v
W. A. FOOTE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.
and STERIS CORPORATION,
Defendants-Appellants.
SARAH E. WILLIAMS, JOHN WALLACE,
SHARON WALLACE, and ALL OTHERS
SIMILARLY SITUATED,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v
No. 237444
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LC No. 00-005740-NH
W. A. FOOTE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.
and STERIS CORPORATION,
Defendants-Appellants.
JAY C. PORTER and ALL OTHER SIMILARLY
SITUATED,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v
No. 237445
LC No. 00-005711-NH
W. A. FOOTE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.
and STERIS CORPORATION,
Defendants-Appellants.
JAY ANSON, DOUGLAS AYLESWORTH,
JANET
BEILFUSS,
CHARLES
BELTZ,
THEODORE BREZINSKI, REBECCA BURT,
RENE CHAPA, DAVID CLAUCHERTY,
MAURINE CORYELL, MARY CRANDALL,
DIANE EMERY, LINDA FARLEY, JOLA
FARRELL, LESTER FIDLER, MARK E.
GORZEN, MARY GREEN, RUTH HALE,
SHAWN HAMLIN, BARBARA JEAN HARDEN,
HERBERT ISAACS, MARY JACOBSON, PAUL
KOZLOWICZ, RAY LEWIS, TERESA MAY,
DAVID CLYDE MEISTER, LUCILLE MEYER,
KEVIN
MILLER,
NICHOLAS
MILLER,
DONALD MOON, RUBY MONTGOMERY,
CAROLINE MYERS, ARTHUR NASTALLY,
SUSAN PERRY, TERRY PHALEN, RONALD
RACER,
ROBERT
REESE,
ROBERT
RICHARDSON,
VALERIE
RODERICK,
LUCILLE SEPTA, DANNY SMITH, FRED
STEWART, ROBERT THOMAS, ROY LEE
THOMASSON, JANET TODD, PATRICIA
TREFRY,
TONE
TRUSTY,
KIMBERLY
TUCKER, CHARLES WALKER, STEPHANIE
WALSH, KATHLEEN WILSON, BERNARD
YAGER, SUSAN AYLESWORTH, LINDA
BREZINSKI, MRS. CLAUCHERTY, STEVEN D.
EMERY, WILLIAM A. FARLEY, JR., SHIRLEY
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FIDLER, SUE GORZEN, EUGENE GREEN,
JOYCE ISAACS, LAWRENCE O. JACOBSON,
JOAN KOZLOWICZ, JAMES P. MAY,
PHYLLIS A. MEISTER, JAMES MEYER, DEE
MOON, EMILY NASTALLY, MARY PHALEN,
MARY E. RICHARDSON, JEAN STEWART,
PHYLLIS
J.
THOMAS,
SANDRA
F.
THOMASSON, MARIA TRUSTY, GENE T.
TUCKER, KIMBERLY WALKER, JASON
WALSH, JACK WHEELER, JOY YAGER, and
ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v
No. 237446
LC No. 01-000755-NO
W.A. FOOTE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC. and
STERIS CORPORATION,
Defendants-Appellants.
Before: O’Connell, P.J., and Jansen and Murray, JJ.
O’CONNELL, J. (concurring in part, dissenting in part.)
I concur with parts I and II of the majority opinion that class certification was properly
granted by the trial court. I write separately to say that leave to appeal in this case was
imprudently granted on the balance of the issues before this Court. I note that leave to appeal
was originally denied by this Court. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court remanded this case to be
heard as on leave granted. Creech v W.A. Foote Mem’l Hosp, Inc, 456 Mich 887; 636 NW2d
138 (2001). Other than the class certification issue, none of the issues in this case are ripe for a
motion under MCR 2.116(C)(10).1 The balance of the issues need further record development
before this Court can properly render a decision on the merits of these issues.
Other than the trial court’s order certifying this matter as a class action, I would vacate
the trial court’s orders in regard to parts III and IV of the majority opinion, and I would remand
1
I also concur with that portion of part III of the majority opinion that vacates the trial court’s
findings that plaintiffs’ claim was one for negligence.
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the case to the trial court for further proceedings. Once the lower court record is further
developed, the parties are free to refile their motions for summary disposition.2
/s/ Peter D. O’Connell
2
I write separately simply to state that leave should not have been granted in this complex case
until such time as the record is further developed. The trial court was in fact appropriately
managing a very complicated case.
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