· 4/30/1998
Champagne v. Mid-Maine Medical Center
Citations
- 1998 ME 87
- 711 A.2d 842
- 1998 Me. 87
- 1998 Me. LEXIS 95
How courts have described this case
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- holding that because son was not present at hospital when hospital's alleged negligence occurred, he is unable to recover on a claim of negligent infliction of emotional distress
- noting that the “plaintiff must establish a prima facie case for each element of her cause of action” to survive a judgment as a matter of law
- dismissing claim because plaintiff failed to provide “any basis” showing a causal link
- “To avoid judgment as a matter of law for a defendant, a plaintiff must establish a prima facie case for each element of her cause of action.”
- plaintiff raised issue of failure to adequately warn in her notices of claim for malpractice
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Judges: Wathen, Roberts, Clifford, Rudman, Dana, Lipez
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