Aker v. Pearson

In Austin v. Boston Univ. Hosp., 372 Mass. 654, 658 (1977), it was established that every medical malpractice action filed on and after January 1, 1976, is subject to a preliminary hearing by a medical malpractice tribunal conformably with G. L. c. 231, § 60B, inserted by St. 1975, c. 362, § 5. The plaintiff filed his complaint in the instant case on December 22,1975, and, as to the defendants named in that complaint, no tribunal hearing was required. By an amendment to his complaint filed January 27, 1977, the plaintiff joined two additional physicians as defendants. One of these doctors…