Legal Opinion

Feliciano v. Attanucci

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided March 11, 2019No. AC 17-P-1568PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWolohojian, J.

*35 At issue in this appeal is a medical malpractice tribunal's conclusion that the plaintiff failed to raise a legitimate question of liability with respect to Dr. Cara Attanucci and Dr. Henry Lerner, both of whom were involved in the care of the plaintiff's decedent, Natasha Feliciano (Feliciano) 3 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, where Feliciano died after protracted, and then arrested, labor, an emergency bedside cesarean section, and a subsequent emergency bedside hysterectomy. We vacate the judgment of dismissal.

We summarize the evidence in the plaintiff's offer of proof in the light most…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LaniganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
  2. Poirier v. Town of PlymouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  3. Little v. RosenthalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  4. Dobos v. DriscollMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
  5. Kapp v. BallantineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980

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