LAURSEN v. GENERAL HOSP. OF MONROE CTY.


494 Pa. 238 (1981)

431 A.2d 237

William T. LAURSEN, Appellant, v. GENERAL HOSPITAL OF MONROE COUNTY and Elmo J. Lilli and Ramon B. Molina, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Rothman, Paul McMahon, for appellant.

Rudolph Zieger, Jr., Allentown, for E.J. Lilli & R.B. Molina.

Donald H. Lipson, Allentown, Lawrence M. Ludwig, Scranton, for General Hospital.

Before ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, KAUFFMAN and WILKINSON, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

WILKINSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court affirming the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County's order refusing to lift the compulsory nonsuit entered against appellant. We reverse and remand with instructions.

On June 4, 1971 appellant filed a medical malpractice suit against appellees, Elmo J. Lilli and Ramon B. Molina, his attending physicians, and the General Hospital of Monroe County (hospital...

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