JAGOE v. BLOCKSOM


440 A.2d 1022 (1982)

Bruce W. JAGOE v. John P. BLOCKSOM, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided February 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Becker & Olmsted, P.A., Peter J. Becker (orally), Bridgton, for plaintiff.

Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Ernest J. Babcock (orally), Gregory W. Powell, Portland, for John P. Blocksom.

Preti, Flaherty & Beliveau, Robert Checkoway (orally), Christopher D. Nyhan, Portland, for Osteopathic Hospital.

Gross, Minsky, Mogul & Singal, P.A., George C. Schelling (orally), Jules Mogul, Bangor, for Robinson L. Bidwell.

Before GODFREY, ROBERTS, CARTER, VIOLETTE and WATHEN, JJ., and DUFRESNE, A. R. J.


ROBERTS, Justice.

Bruce W. Jagoe has sued two doctors and a hospital alleging negligent diagnosis and treatment by the defendants.1 The Superior Court, Cumberland County, dismissed his complaint for failure to comply with the notice requirement of the Maine Health Security Act, 24 M.R.S.A. §§ 2501-2905 (Supp.1981-82). On Jagoe's appeal, we reverse and remand the case to the Superior Court for further proceedings.

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