BRADFORD v. BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER


415 Mass. 202 (1993)

613 N.E.2d 82

MARGARET BRADFORD, administratrix, vs. BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

May 11, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Phelan, Jr., for the plaintiff.

John G. Bagley for Robert Austin.

Michael H. Burke for Baystate Medical Center.

Gerard R. Laurence & Beth A. Bagley, for Kevin Martin, submitted a brief.

Thomas R. Kiley & Carl Valvo, for Massachusetts Medical Society & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

Earl Bradford died on July 6, 1986, at Baystate Medical Center (Baystate) in Springfield after his mycotic (i.e., infected) aortic aneurysm ruptured. The plaintiff commenced this action alleging medical malpractice against Baystate, Robert Austin, Kevin Martin, and several other physicians.

A medical malpractice panel, convened pursuant to G.L.c. 231, § 60B (1990 ed.), concluded that the plaintiff's offer of proof, if substantiated, was not...

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