Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. Johnson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 14, 1993PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLINS, Justice.
Kimberly Sullivan appeals from an adverse judgment of the Superior Court (Knox County, Alexander, J.) entered on a jury verdict in her medical malpractice case against Craig Johnson, M.D. This case requires us to examine the Health Security Act, 24 M.R.S.A. §§ 2851-2859 (1990), to determine the effect of the provision contained in 24 M.R.S.A. § 2857(1)(B) that provides for the admissibility in evidence “without explanation” of unanimous and unfavorable findings by the prelitigation screening and mediation panel (the “Panel”), with regard to the issues of negligence and…
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