BRANNAN v. LANKENAU HOSPITAL


254 Pa.Super. 352 (1978)

385 A.2d 1376

Stephen BRANNAN, Appellant, v. LANKENAU HOSPITAL, Hunter S. Neal, M.D., Eugene B. Rex, M.D., Clifton F. West, Jr., M.D., Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Shein, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Ralph L. Hose, Ardmore, for appellee, Lankenau Hospital.

John C. Bonner, Norristown, for appellee, Neal, M.D., and West, Jr., M.D., A. Grant Sprecher, Philadelphia, for appellee, Rex, M.D.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.


SPAETH, Judge:

This is a medical malpractice case. Appellant, who was plaintiff below, appeals from the lower court's refusal to take off nonsuits in favor of two of appellees, Dr. Clifton F. West, Jr. and Lankenau Hospital, and from the court's refusal to grant a new trial as to appellee Dr. Eugene B. Rex.

On Saturday evening, August 28, 1965, appellant, while attending a wedding reception, ate a roast beef sandwich. A large piece of the beef got stuck in...

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