· 12/18/1989
Doherty v. Hellman
Citations
- 547 N.E.2d 931
- 406 Mass. 330
How courts have described this case
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- establishing that a physician-patient relationship must be established at the time of the alleged injury to recover under medical malpractice action
- requiring proof of a physician-patient relationship, among other things, as a component of a claim qualifying for the higher limit
- noting that a doctor-patient relationship is a consensual relationship
- physician-patient relationship must be established at time of injury to recover under medical malpractice action
- physician-patient relationship is “essential” to medical malpractice claim
- physician-patient relationship is \essential\ to medical malpractice claim
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Judges: Lucos, Wilkins, Abrams, O'Connor, Greaney
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