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Tag: medical malpractice

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – IN-HOME CAREGIVER – NEGLIGENCE – LIFTING AND MOVING PATIENTS

Posted on September 15, 2025 - 10:12 am by

Fisher v. Gingerich, 2025 Pa. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2205 (August 27, 2025) Stevens, P.J.E. OPINION BY STEVENS, P.J.E. Plaintiffs/Appellants, Mary and Brett Fisher, (hereinafter “Appellants”) appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Perry County granting summary judgment in favor of Donna Gingerich, Defendant/Appellee, and dismissing the matter with prejudice. This case […]

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – HOME HEALTH CARE – COVID-19 – PREP ACT – HOME HEALTH CARE WORKERS – IMMUNITY

Posted on September 11, 2025 - 3:55 pm by

Boyle v. Meyer, 2025 Pa. Super. LEXIS 410 (September 9, 2025) Lane, J. BEFORE: McLAUGHLIN, J., LANE, J., and BENDER, P.J.E. OPINION BY LANE, J. Judith Meyer (“Meyer”) and OSPTA @HOME, LLC d/b/a OSPTA Home Care & Hospice (“OSPTA”) (collectively, “Defendants”) appeals from the order denying their motion for judgment on the pleadings in this […]

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – ASSISTED LIVING – REHAB FACILITY – RES IPSA – RECKLESS INDIFFERENCE – IMPUNITIVE DAMANGES

Posted on August 22, 2025 - 1:14 pm by

O’Shea v. Loyalsock Rehab. Ctr., LLC., 2025 Pa. Dist. & Cnty. Dec. LEXIS 57 (July 12, 2025) Carlucci, J. This matter was commenced by Plaintiff by her original Complaint filed January 27, 2023, in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. Upon Preliminary Objection by Defendants, the matter was transferred to Lycoming County. Plaintiffs […]

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – HEARSAY – ARTICLE

Posted on August 20, 2025 - 4:06 pm by

Hagelauer v. Main Line Emergency Med. Assocs., LLC, 2025 Pa. Super. LEXIS 237 (June 2, 2025) Panella, P.J.E. Kelly Hagelauer, administratrix of the estate of Stephan Patrice Hagelauer (“Mrs. Hagelauer”), appeals from the judgment entered in favor of Main Line Emergency Medicine Associates, LLC, and Stuart Brilliant, M.D., Main Line Hospitals, Inc. D/B/A Paoli Hospital […]

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – DISCOVERY – PRIVILEGED MATERIALS – PEER REVIEW – PROCEDURE

Posted on August 19, 2025 - 2:08 pm by

Boyle v. Main Line Health, Inc., 2022 Pa. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 71 (July 17, 2025) King, J. OPINION BY KING, J.: Appellants, Main Line Health, Inc., Main Line Hospitals, Inc., Main Line HealthCare, and Scott Bailey, M.D. (collectively, “Main Line Defendants”), appeal from the order entered in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, which […]

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – VICARIOUS LIABILITY – AGENTS – INCREASED RISK OF HARM – JURY SLIP – CEREBRAL PALSY

Posted on August 19, 2025 - 1:49 pm by

Hagans v. Hosp. of the Univ. of Pa., 2025 Pa. Super. LEXIS 302 (July 10, 2025) McLaughlin, J. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (“HUP”) appeals from the judgment entered in favor of Dajah Hagans (“Plaintiff” or “D.H.”), as parent and natural guardian of J.H., and against it. HUP alleges the trial court erred in […]

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – DENTAL MALPRACTICE

Posted on August 19, 2025 - 11:50 am by

Heffelfinger v. DDS, 2025 Pa. Super. LEXIS 332 (July 21, 2025) Stevens, P.J.E. Linda Chen, DDS (“Dr. Shen”), Shen Smiles, PC, and Drums Dental Lab, LLC, appeal from the April 30, 2024, judgment entered on the jury verdict in favor of Appellee, Mary Heffelfinger, and jointly against Appellants, in the total amount of $11,459,513.69. After […]