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RIDDLE MEMORIAL HOSP. v. DOHAN

504 Pa. 571 (1984)

475 A.2d 1314

RIDDLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Appellant, v. Evelene DOHAN, Executrix of the Estate of David Dohan, Deceased, Appellee, and Dr. C. Stephen Stahlnecker. Appeal of RIDDLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 24, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Craven, William C. Beatty, Francis E. Marshall, Philadelphia, for appellant.

John S. J. Brooks, Media, for Dr. Stahlnecker.

Garland D. Cherry, Media, for Evelene Dohan.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

Early on the morning of September 22, 1970, David Dohan, deceased husband of the Appellee Evelene Dohan, awoke complaining of pains in his arms. Shortly thereafter, Dohan complained of other symptoms which appeared to him to indicate a heart attack. Upon Dohan's request, the Appellee contacted the family physician, Dr. C. Stephen Stahlnecker, who agreed to come immediately. When Dr. Stahlnecker...

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