Dattoli v. Hale Hospital

The plaintiff, Richard G. Dattoli, brought this action against Hale Hospital and Christine Bourgeois, a nurse at the hospital, alleging medical malpractice. The defendants filed a motion for summary judgment on the ground that the plaintiff had not first presented his claim to the hospital, a public employer, as required by G. L. c. 258, § 4. A judge granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, and the plaintiff appealed. We took the case on our own motion.

The plaintiff argues that the judge erred in granting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, and that the final judgment…