O'Brien v. Lowell General Hospital

United States District Court District of Massachusetts ) BRAD O’BRIEN, as personal ) representative of the Estate of ) Melissa Allen, ) ) Plaintiff, ) Civil Action No. ) 21-10621-NMG v. ) ) FERNANDO ROCA, M.D. et al., ) ) Defendants. )) MEMORANDUM & ORDER GORTON, J. This action arises out of the death of Melissa Allen (“Allen” or “the decedent”) in August, 2016, after she was treated by Dr. Fernando Roca, (“Dr. Roca”), in July, 2016, at Lowell General Hospital (“the Hospital”) in Massachusetts. Pending before the Court is the government’s motion to substitute itself for defendant Dr. Roca and…