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                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT



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          No. 93-1528

                                     DAWN DAIGLE,

                                 Plaintiff, Appellee,

                                          v.

                             MAINE MEDICAL CENTER, INC.,

                                Defendant, Appellant.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

                   [Hon. Shane Devine, Senior U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Selya, Circuit Judge,
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                            Coffin, Senior Circuit Judge,
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                               and Cyr, Circuit Judge.
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               Christine  M. Rockefeller, with whom Paul  R. Cox and Burns,
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          Bryant,   Hinchey,  Cox  &  Schulte,  P.A.  were  on  brief,  for
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          plaintiff.
               Gerald  F. Petruccelli, with whom Mary Mitchell Friedman and
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          Petruccelli & Martin were on brief, for defendant.
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                    Per  Curiam.    Having  today  decided  the  merits  of
                    Per  Curiam.
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          plaintiff's appeal, see Daigle v. Maine Medical Center, Inc., No.
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          93-1470 (1st  Cir. Jan. ___,  1994), it is unnecessary  to decide

          this cross-appeal.  We, therefore, dismiss it.





                    Appeal dismissed.  No costs.
                    Appeal dismissed.  No costs.
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