Court Opinion

ID: 9743068
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 21:25:02.103403+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:39.071163
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Bronson, P.J.
(dissenting). I respectfully dissent from the Court’s opinion. Plaintiffs requested an instruction on ordinary negligence which, it appears to me, was applicable under the facts presented at trial. Fogel v Sinai Hospital of Detroit, 2 Mich App 99; 138 NW2d 503 (1965); Gold v Sinai Hospital of Detroit, 5 Mich App 368; 146 NW2d 723 (1966). Although plaintiffs initially proceeded under a malpractice theory, GCR 1963, 118.3 permits the amendment of pleadings to conform to evidence adduced at trial provided that the amendment would not prejudice the opposing party. See, Denno v Providence Hospital, 19 Mich App 547; 172 NW2d 918 (1969). No prejudice would have occurred by allowing the amendment and the attendant jury instruction on ordinary negligence. Inasmuch as the standard of care applied to a trained professional is more stringent than that applied to a lay person, defense of the malpractice theory would encompass the defense necessary under an ordinary negligence theory. I would have allowed the instruction to be given.