Legal Opinion
McMahon v. Glixman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 27, 1979PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
The plaintiff, George S. McMahon, seeks to recover damages for personal injuries, and his wife, June A. McMahon, seeks to recover for loss of consortium, as a result of the alleged malpractice of the defendant, an optometrist. The action was heard by a medical malpractice tribunal convened pursuant to G. L. c. 231, § 60B, which found that the evidence (offered by the plaintiffs) “is not sufficient to raise a legitimate question of liability appropriate for judicial inquiry.” The judge who sat with the panel thereupon ordered that, as a condition precedent to pursuing the usual judicial…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Paro v. Longwood HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Little v. RosenthalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Austin v. Boston University HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Salem Orthopedic Surgeons, Inc. v. QuinnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Floyd v. GossDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Harnish v. Children's Hospital Medical CenterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Beeler v. DowneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Kapp v. BallantineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Halley v. BirbigliaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Jerome Feinstein v. Massachusetts General HospitalCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
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