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BOX v. WALKER

453 A.2d 1181 (1983)

Elaine R. BOX et al. v. Robert F. WALKER and Maine Coast Regional Health Facilities, d/b/a Maine Coast Memorial Hospital.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided January 6, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudman & Winchell, Paul W. Chaiken (orally), Bruce C. Mallonee, Bangor, for plaintiffs.

Vafiades, Brountas & Kominsky, Susan R. Kominsky (orally), Bangor, for Walker, M.D.

Gross, Minsky, Mogul & Singal, Carl F. Rella (orally), George Z. Singal, Bangor, for Me. Coast Reg. Health Facility.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and GODFREY, NICHOLS, ROBERTS and VIOLETTE, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs, Elaine R. Box and her husband Melvin J. Box, Jr., appeal from an order of the Superior Court (Waldo County) dismissing their joint malpractice action against a physician and a hospital. The Superior Court found, on the authority of Tantish v. Szendey, 158 Me. 228, 182 A.2d 660 (1962), that the actions, involving an unsuccessful sterilization procedure performed on Mrs. Box, were barred by...

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