WALKER v. COLLYER

No. 12-P-1898.

85 Mass. App. Ct. 311 (2014)

CHARLES G. WALKER v. JENNIFER COLLYER, administratrix, & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis R. Diedrich for the plaintiff.

Scott D. Peterson for Jennifer Collyer.

John J. Barter , for Professional Liability Foundation, Ltd., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: COHEN, KATZMANN, & AGNES, JJ.


KATZMANN, J.

Charles Walker, a physician, seeks to avoid being compelled to arbitrate a medical malpractice claim brought by the representative of a deceased patient, Karl Collyer. Walker treated Karl3 at The Oaks Nursing Center (The Oaks or the facility), a facility at which Walker practices medicine and serves as subacute rehabilitation (rehab) program medical director. Karl and the facility signed an arbitration agreement covering disputes...

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