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SAMAAN v. ST. JOSEPH HOSP.

No. 11-1480.

670 F.3d 21 (2012)

Anton K. SAMAAN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL and David Kaplan, M.D., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 9, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Flynn, III , with whom Richard D. Tucker and Tucker Law Group were on brief, for appellant.

Elizabeth A. Germani , with whom James F. Martemucci and Germani Martemucci Riggle & Hill were on brief, for appellee St. Joseph Hospital.

Teresa M. Cloutier , with whom Phillip M. Coffin III and Lambert Coffin were on brief, for appellee David Kaplan, M.D.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

After extensive motion practice, the district court ended this medical malpractice case by granting summary judgment for the defendants. The ensuing appeal requires us to unravel a jurisdictional tangle, clarify the status of Maine law concerning causation, and answer a series of questions regarding the admissibility of scientific evidence. Having run this gauntlet, we affirm the judgment.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff-appellant Anton...

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