Legal Opinion

JEAN BENNETT, Personal Representative v. MICHAEL COLLINS

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 17, 2025No. SJC-13740Published

1Opinion of the Court

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

JEAN BENNETT, personal representative,[1] vs. MICHAEL COLLINS

Docket:

SJC-13740

Dates:

September 5, 2025. - November 17, 2025

Present:

Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Kafker, Wendlandt, Georges, Dewar, & Wolohojian, JJ.

County:

Barnstable

Keywords:

Medical Malpractice, Appeal, Tribunal, Standard of care. Negligence, Medical malpractice, Standard of care, Causation, Expert opinion. Practice, Civil, Motion to dismiss.

Civil action commenced in the Superior Court Department on July 7, 2023.

A motion to dismiss was considered by Thomas J. Perrino, J., and entry of separate and final judgment was…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Kapp v. BallantineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
  2. Berardi v. MenicksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
  3. Salem Orthopedic Surgeons, Inc. v. QuinnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  4. Bradford v. Baystate Medical CenterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  5. Santos v. KimMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999

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