Shea v. Caritas Carney Hospital, Inc.

The plaintiff, Eileen F. Shea, as the executrix of the estate of Richard P. Sheehan (Sheehan), appeals from summary judgment entered in favor of the defendants in this wrongful death action. On appeal, Shea claims the judge erred in determining that the statutory requirements of G. L. c. 123, § 36B(1)(¿>), which limit the circumstances in which a mental health professional has a duty to warn a potential victim, could not be met by Shea. Specifically, Shea challenges the judge’s determinations that the individual defendants, Jean Semexant, Richard Shapiro, and Joseph Sara, did not have a…