Legal Opinion
Sisson v. Lhowe
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 6, 2011No. SJC-10809PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDuffly, J.
Following the death of Richard Sisson Jr.’s wife, Dawn Sisson, from osteosarcoma, the plaintiffs amended their complaint for medical malpractice in a pending action against the defendants, Dr. David W. Lhowe and Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, Inc., to include a claim for wrongful death. The wrongful death claim in the amended complaint was dismissed as time barred pursuant to G. L. c. 260, § 4 (statute of repose), and the plaintiffs appealed. We transferred the case to this court on our own motion. Although we have had several opportunities to discuss the statute of repose in…
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