Dasha Ex Rel. Dasha v. Maine Medical Center

CLIFFORD, Justice.

Pursuant to 4 M.R.S.A. § 57 (1989) and M.R.Civ.P. 76B,1 the United States District *994Court for the District of Maine (Carter, C.J.) has certified the following question of state law to this court:

Whether equitable principles estop a defendant from pleading the statute of limitations as a bar to a medical malpractice action when that defendant’s alleged negligent treatment of a plaintiff’s brain caused damage such that the plaintiff was deprived of the ability to recognize and file a timely cause of action?

Pursuant to M.R.Civ.P. 76B(b), the United States District Court has…