LEVESQUE v. CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER

No. 10-616.

52 A.3d 933 (2012)

2012 ME 109

Paul V. LEVESQUE et al. v. CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: August 21, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher D. Nyhan, Esq. (orally), and Katherine W. Fawcett, Esq. , Preti Flaherty , Portland, for appellant Central Maine Medical Center.

John P. Flynn, III, Esq. (orally), Flynn Law Office, Portland, for appellees Paul and Ida Levesque.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, GORMAN, and JABAR, JJ.


SAUFLEY, C.J.

[¶ 1] In this appeal, we consider the following question: When a physician is alleged to have acted as an apparent agent of a hospital, does the Maine Health Security Act, 24 M.R.S. §§ 2501-2987 (2011),1 require that the alleged negligent acts or omissions of that physician be evaluated by the mandatory prelitigation screening and mediation panel before a claim may...

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