MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL MUT. INS. v. BREON LAB.

Nos. 97-1654, 97-1837.

141 F.3d 372 (1998)

THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. BREON LABORATORIES, INC. and Sterling Winthrop, Inc., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Argued April 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward D. McCarthy, with whom Ann L. Simoneau, McCarthy, Bouley & Barry, Michael E. Mone and Esdaile, Barrett & Esdaile were on brief for appellants.

Peter B. Ellis, with whom Michael P. Boudett and Foley Hoag & Eliot LLP were on brief for appellees.

Before STAHL, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and SHADUR, Senior District Judge.


CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dr. Laurence A. Simons and his medical insurer appeal from a district court judgment dismissing as time-barred their contribution claim against Breon Laboratories, Inc. ("Breon"), brought pursuant to the Massachusetts Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors Act, Mass.Gen.Laws Ann. ch. 231B, §§ 3(c), (d) ("Chapter 231B"). The district court rejected their argument that an earlier state-court judgment, entered against Dr. Simons following...

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