Managing Partner Susan Bourque was interviewed for a recent Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly article “Arbitration agreement enforceable in med-mal case vs. eye surgeon”
“Patients have many obstacles to overcome to pursue a medical malpractice case in Massachusetts…
Now, doctors and hospitals can make an end-run around a patient’s Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial, and only those knowledgeable, educated, informed and/or sophisticated patients will push back. But at what cost? Refusal of the doctor of your choice because he or she will refuse treatment to patients who will not agree to mandatory arbitration agreements?”
Learn more about this case and read the full article here (subscription required): https://bit.ly/3EAUL3E
