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IRISH v. GIMBEL

691 A.2d 664 (1997)

1997 ME 50

Russell IRISH, et al. v. Gregory GIMBEL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided March 18, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald F. Petruccelli (orally), Petruccelli & Martin, Portland, Paul R. Dumas, Jr. (orally), Peter J. Kaynor, Joyce, Dumas, David & Hanstein, P.A., Mexico, C. Donald Briggs, Cloutier & Briggs, P.A., Rockport, for plaintiffs.

Christopher D. Nyhan (orally), Penny Littell, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, L.L.C., Portland, for defendant.

Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, Peter J. Brann, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Augusta, for amicus curiae State.

Richard L. O'Meara, Murray, Plumb & Murray, Portland, for amicus curiae Maine Trial Lawyers Association.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, and DANA, JJ.

WATHEN, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Plaintiffs Russell and Laurie Irish, husband and wife, and their minor child, Shane, appeal from an adverse judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Saufley J.) on a jury verdict in their medical malpractice action against defendant, Gregory Gimbel, M.D. On appeal plaintiffs present several constitutional challenges to the prelitigation screening process required for claims of medical malpractice by 24 M.R...

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