Legal Opinion
CIRCIELLO v. Alfano
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 4, 2009No. Civil Action 08-CV-11736-RGSPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS
STEARNS, District Judge.
This action arises out of the 1995 death of plaintiff Barbara Circiello’s father, Raymond DiGiovanni, allegedly at the hands of Dr. Louis Alfano, Jr., the surgeon who performed DiGiovanni’s laparoscopic gall bladder removal. 1 Circiello claims that defendants Hallmark Health Systems, Inc. (Hallmark), 2 Alfano, and others conspired from 1995 until 2008 to defraud her of $10 million in wrongful death damages. She alleges: (i) violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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