Segal v. First Psychiatric Planners, Inc.

The issue in this case is whether the plaintiff alleges only medical malpractice claims appropriate for screening by a tribunal or whether she also asserts nonmedical claims which do not require her to post a bond pursuant to G. L. c. 231, § 60B. In her complaint against a physician as well as the operator of Boumewood Hospital (hospital), the plaintiff asserted numerous instances of medical malpractice and also asserted claims of false imprisonment and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress by the hospital.2 After a medical tribunal determined that the evidence presented…