STAUB v. SOUTHWEST BUTLER CTY. SCH. DIST.


263 Pa.Super. 413 (1979)

398 A.2d 204

Diane Lynn STAUB, Appellee, v. SOUTHWEST BUTLER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellant and Jose Saban, M.D., Appellant and Mario Ludmer, M.D. and North Hills Passavant Hospital, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 15, 1979.

Reargument Denied April 3, 1979.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Granted September 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Jordan, IV, Pittsburgh, for appellant Jose Saban, M.D., at No. 500 and appellee at No. 513.

William C. Robinson, Butler, for appellant Southwest Butler County School Dist., at No. 513 and appellee at No. 500.

Peter J. Mansmann, Pittsburgh, for appellee Diane Staub at No. 513.

David H. Patterson, Pittsburgh, for appellee North Hills Passavant Hospital, at No. 513.

James A. Wood, Pittsburgh, for appellee Mario Ludmer, M.D., at No. 513.

Before CERCONE, President Judge, and WIEAND and HOFFMAN, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

Does the Pennsylvania Health Care Services Malpractice Act1 require a court of common pleas to surrender original jurisdiction of an action in trespass when the tortfeasor-defendant causes one or more health care providers to be joined as additional defendants? The trial court answered this issue in the affirmative and directed a transfer of the case to the Administrator...

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