Gugino v. Harvard Community Health Plan

The plaintiff seeks to recover damages for personal injuries as a result of the alleged malpractice of the defendants with respect to an intrauterine contraceptive device, the Daikon Shield. A medical malpractice tribunal convened pursuant to G. L. c. 231, § 60B, found that the plaintiff’s offer of proof “is not sufficient to raise a legitimate question of liability appropriate for judicial inquiry.” On the plaintiff’s motion, the judge who sat with the panel reduced the bond to be filed by the plaintiff to the sum of $1,500 as to each defendant. A single justice of the Appeals Court gave the…