Hicks v. Ronald Fraser Clinic

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lewis R. Friedman, J.

Defendant Ronald Fraser Clinic (the Clinic) moves to vacate *137a finding rendered against it by a medical malpractice mediation panel (panel). The motion raises serious questions of the function of the panel and the role of a court confronted with a motion to set aside a panel finding.

A portion of the complex procedural history is necessary to put the issue in context. Plaintiff began this medical malpractice action in this court against the Clinic and Drs. Laudon and Castor. Since Dr. Laudon was an officer of the United States Public Health Service, the…