HEINRICH EX REL. HEINRICH v. SWEET

No. Civ.A. 97-12134-WGY.

118 F.Supp.2d 73 (2000)

Evelyn HEINRICH on Behalf of her husband George HEINRICH, Henry M. Sienkewicz, Jr. on behalf of his mother Eileen Rose Sienkewicz, Plaintiffs, v. William H. SWEET, M.D., Trustee of the Lee Edward Farr Trust dated 1/11/71, as amended, The Estate of Lee Edward Farr, M.D., Associated Universities, Inc., Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the United States of America, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

September 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Clifford, Bill P. Garde, Clifford, Lyons & Garde, Washington, DC, Mark A. Freeman, Martin H. Freeman, Freeman & Freeman, Rockville, MD, Raymond J. Heslin, Rubin, Baum, Levin, Constant & Friedman, New York, NY, John K. McGuire, Jr., McGuire & McGuire, Worcester, MA, Anthony Z. Roisman, Lyme, NH, for Plaintiffs.

Gail A. Anderson, Joseph L. Dougherty, Jr., Raymond J. Kenney, Christopher J. Maley, Martin, Magnuson & Kenney, Boston, MA, Constantine Athanas, Francis C. Lynch, Lori B. Silver, Palmer & Dodge, Thomas P. Billings, Karen White Salon, Sally & Fitch, Boston, MA, Garrett Harris, Sally VanderWeele, Gallagher & Gallagher, Charlestown, MA, Jerome A. Karnick, Jonathan Silverman, Kevin T. Van Wart, Mark J. Zwillinger, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, William Shields, Day, Berry & Howard, Boston, MA, Burke M. Wong, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, Chief Judge.

INTRODUCTION

The principal events in this case took place during the 1950s and 1960s. Against all odds, the plaintiffs Evelyn Heinrich ("Heinrich") and Henry M. Sienkewicz ("Sienkewicz") (collectively "the Plaintiffs"), after protracted pre-trial proceedings,5 eventually brought the defendants William Sweet, M.D. ("Sweet") and Massachusetts General Hospital ("Mass General...

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