Legal Opinion
Michael Quinlan, of the Estate of Lincy Sullivan v. Five-Town Health Alliance, Inc., dba Mountain Health Center and Sean May, PA-C
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided May 18, 2018No. 2017-102 & 2017-103PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSkoglund, J.
¶ 1. This is a consolidated appeal involving two successive malpractice actions brought by the executor of a decedent's estate against the clinic where the decedent received treatment prior to her death and against the physician assistant who treated her. The trial court dismissed the first action because plaintiff failed to file the certificate of merit required by 12 V.S.A. § 1042 with his complaint, and dismissed the second action as untimely. We conclude that the trial court properly dismissed both cases and therefore affirm.
¶ 2. Plaintiff Michael Quinlan alleged the following facts in…
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