Legal Opinion
Berman v. Board of Registration in Medicine
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 6, 1969PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
This is an appeal from an order of the Superior Court sustaining the respondent’s demurrer to a petition for writ of mandamus. The petitioner is a citizen of the Commonwealth and the brother and coguardian of Edabeth Berman Katz, the victim of alleged malpractice by two physicians, an anesthesiologist and an obstetrician, licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth. See G. L. c. 112, § 2.
The petition seeks to compel the board to cite the physicians for a hearing on the possible suspension or revocation of their licenses to practice medicine. A demurrer was sustained which asserted that…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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