Legal Opinion
Palandjian v. Foster
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 21, 2006PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
Following Petros A. Palandjian’s (decedent’s) death from gastric cancer, his son, as executor of his estate, and his widow filed claims for wrongful death, medical malpractice, and loss of consortium against the decedent’s internist, Gerald S. Foster, and radiologists, Kathleen A. McCarthy and Carol A. Hulka, claiming that they were negligent in failing to diagnose the decedent’s cancer at an earlier stage. After trial in the Superior Court, the jury found that none of the physicians had been negligent. In an unpublished memorandum and order pursuant to its rule 1:28, the Appeals Court…
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