Vanstelle v. Macaskill

FOR PUBLICATION Both cases in these consolidated appeals raise the legal issue of ostensible agency in a medical office setting. In Docket No. 229123, defendants St. John Health System - Detroit-Macomb Campus, doing business as St. John Riverview Hospital and Medical Center (St. John Riverview Hospital), Riverview Medical Offices (Riverview Medical), and Detroit Riverview Hospital (Riverview Hospital) (hereinafter collectively referred to as ""the Riverview defendants"") appeal by leave granted the circuit court's order denying their motion for summary disposition. In Docket No. 236435, defendants St. John Health Systems (St. John HS) and St. John Hospital and Medical Center (St. John Hospital) (hereinafter collectively referred to as ""the St. John defendants"") appeal by leave granted the circuit court's order denying their motion for summary disposition. We reverse.