Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 11/9/1978

Little v. Rosenthal

Citations

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

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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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