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· 12/18/1989

Doherty v. Hellman

Citations

  • 547 N.E.2d 931
  • 406 Mass. 330

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Lucos, Wilkins, Abrams, O'Connor, Greaney

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