PALLAZOLA v. RUCKER

Civ. A. No. 80-2605-K.

621 F.Supp. 764 (1985)

Carol PALLAZOLA, Administratrix of the Estate of Betty Ann Michaud, Plaintiff, v. Carolyn RUCKER, Michael Schwartz, Eugene Smith, Charles Peters, Guenther Herpfer, June Pickering Nurses Registry, and Lynn Hospital, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

As modified November 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Marie Maguire, Andrew C. Meyer, Jr., Lubin & Meyer, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

Raymond Kenney, Jr., Clement McCarthy, and Daniel Griffin, Boston, Mass., for Eugene Smith, M.D.

Barbara Buell, Somerville, Mass., for Michael Schwartz.

Richard L. Fox and John Britt, Carragher, Fox & Lampert, Chelmsford, Mass., for Carolyn Rucker.

John Kane, Ropes & Gray, Boston, Mass., for June Pickering Nurses Registry.

Edward McCarthy, McCarthy & Keane, Cambridge, Mass., for Guenther Herpfer, M.D. and Lynn Hosp.

Craig M. Brown, Melick & Porter, Boston, Mass., for Charles Peters, M.D.

Wilson D. Rogers, Jr., Dunn & Rogers, P.C., Boston, Mass., for Lynn Hosp.


OPINION

KEETON, District Judge.

In November 1980, the plaintiff, Carol Pallazola, administratrix of the estate of Betty Ann Michaud, filed this malpractice action on behalf of that estate against Carolyn Rucker and June Pickering Nurses Registry. After repeated deferrals of court action at the joint request of counsel, plaintiff filed an amended complaint in 1983 naming several additional defendants. Since that time some limited discovery has occurred and...

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