Saint Louis v. Baystate Medical Center, Inc.

When, in 1976, the Medical Center of Western Massachusetts 3 merged with Wesson Memorial Hospital to form Baystate Medical Center, Inc. (Baystate), it became necesssary also to fuse, at least in the sense of coordination, the anesthesia services of the previously separate institutions. That process was not successful and provoked a series of legal actions of which this case is the third. A judge of the Superior Court, acting on defense motions for summary judgment, concluded that all issues raised by the complaint had been, or could have been, raised in a prior State action which had been…