KENNEDY v. McLEAN


555 A.2d 1057 (1989)

Tammy T. KENNEDY, et al. v. Preston A. McLEAN, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided March 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Hilary Billings (orally), Bangor, for plaintiffs.

Gail Fisk Malone (orally), Rudman & Winchell, Bangor, for McLean.

Lewis V. Vafiades, Amy Faircloth (orally), Vafiades, Brountas & Kominsky, Bangor, for Shubert.

Daniel A. Pileggi (orally), Gross, Minsky, Mogul & Singal, Bangor, for Eastern Maine Medical Center.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD and COLLINS, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

We affirm the dismissal of the untimely medical malpractice action brought by Tammy T. Kennedy and her husband John in the Superior Court (Penobscot County; Chandler, J.). Contrary to the Kennedys' contention, their cause of action accrued at the time of Tammy Kennedy's first pregnancy and delivery in 1980 when the defendants allegedly failed to exercise due care in diagnosing and treating the blood group incompatibility between her...

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