LETCH v. DANIELS.


401 Mass. 65 (1987)

514 N.E.2d 675

JOHANNA L. LETCH vs. ARTHUR A. DANIELS, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

November 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Festa for the plaintiff.

John F. Finnerty, Jr., for the defendant.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, & LYNCH, JJ.


LIACOS, J.

The plaintiff, an unemancipated minor, brought this action by her mother and next friend, Donna Letch, alleging dental malpractice by the defendant, a pedodontist. The defendant is a dentist specializing in the treatment of children's teeth. The defendant's treatment of the plaintiff, a child then about eight years old, involved orthodontia, the specialty of correcting the alignment and positioning of teeth. The plaintiff claims that, as a result of the...

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