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COPITHORNE v. FRAMINGHAM UNION HOSPITAL.

401 Mass. 860 (1988)

520 N.E.2d 139

STARR COPITHORNE vs. FRAMINGHAM UNION HOSPITAL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

March 14, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith E. Beals for the plaintiff.

Karen M. Moran for the defendant.

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

HENNESSEY, C.J.

The plaintiff brought an action in the Superior Court seeking damages for physical and emotional injuries suffered when her physician, Murray H. Helfant, drugged and raped her.1 Her complaint included one count against Helfant and another against the hospital where she was employed as a technologist and Helfant was a visiting staff physician. Copithorne alleged that the hospital was negligent in continuing Helfant's staff...

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