PIERCE v. PENMAN


357 Pa.Super. 225 (1986)

515 A.2d 948

Cheryl C. PIERCE v. W. Robert PENMAN, M.D. and Dorothy I. Lansing, M.D., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Hutchinson, Philadelphia, for appellants.

George A. Brutscher, Kennett Square, for appellee.

Before McEWEN, BECK and JOHNSON, JJ.


JOHNSON, Judge:

In this case we consider whether a patient, with a history of emotional problems known to her physicians, may recover compensatory and punitive damages from those physicians for severe emotional distress suffered when the physicians repeatedly refused to turn over to the patient copies of her medical records under circumstances where the physicians conceded that the patient was legally entitled to receive promptly copies of her medical records.

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