Legal Opinion

Kilmartin v. Lowell General Hospital

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided October 22, 1986PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Although the second amended complaint named Dr. Paul Barton, an emergency room physician at the Lowell General Hospital, and the hospital as defendants, the judgment before us relates solely to the hospital, as to which the judgment dismisses the action. It is not possible to divine from the record on what basis a medical malpractice tribunal convened on March 25, 1985, in accordance with G. L. c. 231, § 60B, arrived at its determination that the evidence against the hospital was not sufficient to raise a legitimate question of liability appropriate for judicial inquiry. We do not know…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. DiGiovanni v. LatimerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
  2. Flagg v. ScottMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1980
  3. DiNozzi v. LovejoyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1985
  4. Kulas v. WebberMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1985

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Lambley v. KamenyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
  2. Rahilly v. North Adams Regional HospitalMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1994
  3. Booth v. SilvaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1994
  4. LaFond v. CaseyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
  5. Cooper v. Cooper-CiccarelliMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2010

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