Perri Frame v. Millinocket Regional Hospital

MEAD, J., with whom ALEXANDER, J., joins,

dissenting.

[¶ 28] I respectfully dissent. Although I agree with the Court’s conclusions that there are no substantive differences between the pre-1987 version of the relevant provision of the Maine Health Security Act, 24 M.R.S.A. § 2903 (Supp.1977), and the current version, and as a matter of stare decisis, we are bound by our decision in Paradis v. Webber Hosp., 409 A.2d 672 (Me.1979), I disagree with the Court’s ultimate conclusion that Paradis does not control our decision.

[¶ 29] The Maine Health Security Act (MHSA or Act) became effective in 1977…