Legal Opinion

Bartley v. Eastern Maine Medical Center

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided December 14, 1992PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLIFFORD, Justice.

Plaintiffs, four doctors who practice emergency medicine, appeal from a summary judgment entered by the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Pierson, J.) in favor of Defendant Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC). The doctors contend that the court erred in entering summary judgment for EMMC, and argue that they are entitled to a judgment as a matter of law because EMMC breached its contract with them. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment.

For more than ten years the Plaintiffs provided physician services in EMMC's emergency department pursuant to a contract the hospital had…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Lewisburg Community Hospital, Inc. v. AlfredsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Estate of Althenn v. AlthennSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1992
  3. Wendell P. Engelstad, M.D. v. Virginia Municipal Hospital and Virginia Hospital CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
  4. Holt v. Good Samaritan Hospital & Health CenterOhio Court of Appeals · 1990
  5. Benedix v. Boston Old Colony InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980

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3Cited by21 opinions

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