Legal Opinion

Musk v. Nelson

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided September 29, 1994PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RUDMAN, Justice.

Gail G. Musk appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Lincoln County, Perkins, A.R.J.) granting Nancy Nelson’s *1200motion to dismiss her claim based upon a faded sterilization as barred by the statute of limitations. Musk, inter alia, contends (1) that section 2931 of title 24 of the Maine Revised Statutes Annotated creates a cause of action for a failed sterilization, 24 M.R.S.A. § 2931 (1990) (Wrongful life/wrongful birth); that is distinct from other actions for professional negligence, 24 M.R.S.A. § 2902 (statute of limitations for professional negligence); (2)…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Myrick v. JamesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
  2. Wescott v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
  3. McAfee v. ColeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1994
  4. Anderson v. NealSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  5. Choroszy v. TsoSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1994

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3Cited by36 opinions

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  4. Rockland Plaza Realty Corp. v. City of RocklandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2001
  5. Butler v. KilloranSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998

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