Legal Opinion
Bourassa v. LaFortune
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 5, 1989No. Civ. A. 87-2313-HPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
HARRINGTON, District Judge.
This wrongful death action is before the Court on the defendants Clarence LaFor-tune, M.D. (“LaFortune”) and Elizabeth Gleasure’s, C.R.N.A. 1 (“Gleasure”) motion for summary judgment pursuant to Fed.R. Civ.P. 56. Jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 and this Court applies Massachusetts substantive law.
The plaintiff Cheryl Bourassa, 2 in her capacity as Administratrix of the Estate of Randolph Hamlett (“Hamlett”), alleges that the defendants negligently administered anesthesia to the decedent Hamlett thereby…
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- Stetson v. FrenchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Malapanis v. ShiraziMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986
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