Michaud v. Northern Maine Medical Center

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs, the surviving husband and children of the late Ida Mae Michaud, appeal from the Superior Court’s dismissal of their personal injury and wrongful death action against defendant, Northern Maine Medical Center (hereafter referred to as the “hospital”). The litigation arose from treatment of Mrs. Michaud at the hospital between April and September, 1977, and from her death there on September 26 of that year. The Superior Court (Aroostook County) dismissed the action with prejudice on the grounds that plaintiffs had failed to comply with 24 M.R.S.A. § 2903…