Legal Opinion
Kidder v. RICHMOND AREA HEALTH CENTER, INC.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided January 29, 2009No. CV-08-282-B-WPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTIONS TO SUBSTITUTE PARTY, TO DISMISS, AND TO REMAND
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., Chief Judge.
Because the Plaintiffs have initiated, but not completed state and federal statutory prerequisites to the filing of a civil action for medical malpractice, the Court dismisses this matter without prejudice as premature.
I. STATEMENT OF FACTS
This procedural tangle began simply enough. On July 8, 2008, Diane and James Kidder filed a Notice of Claim against Richmond Area Health Center, Inc. (RAHC), Shelly Hickey, N.P., and Linda Hermans, M.D., (collectively, along with the United States, the “Federal…
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- McNeil v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Evelyn Cotto and Edwin Torres, Etc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Powers v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New EnglandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1996
- Brown v. Augusta School DepartmentDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1997
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