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VIADOCK v. NESBITT MEMORIAL HOSP.

339 Pa.Super. 437 (1985)

489 A.2d 240

Edmund VIADOCK, Guardian of the Estate of Beverly Ann Viadock, Incompetent; Edmund Viadock, Parent and Natural Guardian of Shawn Viadock and Scott Viadock, Minors; and Edmund Viadock, In His Own Right v. NESBITT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Victor T. Ambruso, M.D., Samuel Mackall, M.D., and John Doe, M.D. v. William H. BOYLE, Gordon H. Earles, M.D., Bernard Holleran, M.D., Jacob G. Hyman, M.D., Albert J. Klem, M.D., A.A. Mascali, M.D., Robert H. Peters, M.D., Shishir C. Prasad, M.D., N-7, Fernando Araya, M.D., Craig D. Aicher, M.D. Appeal of PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 1, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradford Dorrance, Harrisburg, for appellant.

Paul J. Drucker, Philadelphia, for Viadock, appellees.

Before CAVANAUGH, CIRILLO and JOHNSON, JJ.

JOHNSON, Judge:

This case comes before us on appeal from an Order denying Appellant, the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (the Department), the right to intervene in a suit claiming damages arising from alleged medical malpractice.

Beverly Ann Viadock, the plaintiff in the instant case, became ill in September of 1978, thereby incurring substantial medical bills. In August of 1980, before the...

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