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HARLOW v. CHIN

405 Mass. 697 (1989)

545 N.E.2d 602

WILLIAM HARLOW vs. DANNY CHIN & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Hanify (Thomas H. Hannigan, Jr., & Lee C. Rubin with him) for the defendants.

Frederic N. Halstrom (Maureen A. Griffin & Peter A. Donovan with him) for the plaintiff.

James M. Shannon, Attorney General, & Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill, Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Public Welfare, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

ABRAMS, J.

The defendants in this medical malpractice action appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, William Harlow. The plaintiff alleges that the negligence of Dr. Danny Chin and Massachusetts General Hospital caused him to become a quadriplegic. The jury, in answer to special questions, found the defendants negligent, and found the plaintiff thirteen per cent comparatively negligent. A judgment for $6,660,720...

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