Legal Opinion
Franklin v. Albert
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 9, 1980PublishedCited by 189 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C. J.
This is one of two similar cases decided today seeking reconsideration of the holding in Pasquale v. Chandler, 350 Mass. 450 (1966), that under the Massachusetts statute of limitations for medical malpractice 3 a cause of action “accrues” at the time of the act of malpractice, “‘and not when the actual damage results or is ascertained.’” Id. at 456, quoting and reaffirming Capucci v. Barone, 266 Mass. 578, 581 (1929).
It is the court’s present opinion that Pasquale placed undue emphasis on legislative history in its refusal to examine the injustice of a rule that can deprive an injured…
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