Legal Opinion
Samaan v. St. Joseph Hospital
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 9, 2012No. 11-1480PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
After extensive motion practice, the district court ended this medical malpractice case by granting summary judgment for the defendants. The ensuing appeal requires us to unravel a jurisdictional tangle, clarify the status of Maine law concerning causation, and answer a series of questions regarding the admissibility of scientific evidence. Having run this gauntlet, we affirm the judgment.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiff-appellant Anton K. Samaan is an Egyptian native who resides in Brooklyn, New York. He enjoys dual citizenship in Egypt and the United States.
On January 14, 2006,…
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