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· 11/9/1978

Little v. Rosenthal

Citations

  • 382 N.E.2d 1037
  • 376 Mass. 573
  • 1978 Mass. LEXIS 1145

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that “all treatment-related claims,” but not necessarily all health care practices, fall within malpractice tribunal jurisdiction
  • tribunal properly exercised jurisdiction over complaint that alleged medical care violated G. L. c. 93A as unfair trade practice
  • tribunal properly exercised jurisdiction over a complaint which alleged that medical care violated G. L. c. 93A as an unfair trade practice
  • tribunal’s task similar to trial judge’s function in ruling on defendant’s motion for directed verdict
  • where c. 93A claim is based upon same facts as counts for medical malpractice, plaintiff must proceed through medical malpractice tribunal
  • when the same set of facts supports both a malpractice and nonmalpractice claim for G. L. c. 93A damages, the malpractice tribunal has jurisdiction to consider the merits of both

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Judges: Hennessey, Quirico, Braucher, Kaplan, Liacos

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