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September 12, 1977.
November 16, 1977.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Andrew C. Meyer for the plaintiffs.
John J. O'Brien for the defendant.
Acheson H. Callaghan, Jr., & Jeffrey F. Jones, for Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association of Massachusetts, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.
Arnold Manthorne, John F. Sherman, III, Dennis J. White & William J. Speers, Jr., for The Massachusetts Medical Society, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.
This case presents, as a matter of first impression,1 constitutional challenges to G.L.c. 231, § 60B, which establishes a procedure for the screening, by a tribunal, of all actions for "malpractice, error or mistake against a provider of health care." See St. 1975, c. 362, § 5. The plaintiffs' medical malpractice action was dismissed when they failed to satisfy a $2,000 bond requirement imposed on them, after a tribunal...
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