Blaney v. Lowell General Hospital

On January 5, 2001, the plaintiffs commenced this medical malpractice action against Lowell General Hospital (hospital), arising out of an incident that occurred on January 9, 1998. On that day, the plaintiffs’ decedent, who had been involuntarily admitted to the hospital, was, allegedly, allowed to escape and was subsequently struck by a motor vehicle on a public way. A medical malpractice tribunal found insufficient evidence as to the hospital, and the plaintiffs filed a bond. On November 3, 2004, two months before the expiration of the seven-year repose period, the plaintiffs served on…