Legal Opinion
Heinrich Ex Rel. Heinrich v. Sweet
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided September 29, 2000No. Civ.A. 97-12134-WGYPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, Chief Judge.
INTRODUCTION
The principal events in this case took place during the 1950s and 1960s. Against all odds, the plaintiffs Evelyn Heinrich (“Heinrich”) and Henry M. Sienkewicz (“Sienkewicz”) (collectively “the Plaintiffs”), after protracted pre-trial proceedings, 5 eventually brought the defendants William Sweet, M.D. (“Sweet”) and Massachusetts General Hospital (“Mass General”) (collectively “the Defendants”) to bay before a jury of the people. After twenty days of trial, the jury awarded Heinrich $250,000 in compensatory damages on her negligence claim and…
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3Cited by12 opinions
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