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Michigan Court of Appeals Allows Woman to Sue Hospital for Negligence
A Van Buren County court decision to dismiss a hospital liability suit filed by a woman who had a sponge left inside her during an appendectomy, was overturned by the Michigan Court of Appeals.In June 2004, the woman had surgery at South Haven Community Hospital. A count of surgical sponges used during the procedure came up short. An x-ray the following day displayed no foreign objects and she...