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HAYWARD v. MEDICAL CENTER

530 Pa. 320 (1992)

608 A.2d 1040

William HAYWARD and Mary Evelyn Hayward, Appellants, v. MEDICAL CENTER OF BEAVER COUNTY, Dr. Paul A. Pupi, Dr. Vincent D. Cuddy, and Coghlan, Cuddy and Pupi Associates, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 21, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Schweers, Jr., Pittsburgh, for appellants.

James R. Farley, Christopher Rulis, Rothman, Gordon, Foreman & Groudine, P.C., Carl E. Harvison, Pittsburgh, for appellees.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

This appeal involves the applicability of the "discovery rule" in medical malpractice actions, where the patient did not discover that he had sustained an actionable injury until more than two years after the alleged malpractice. Appellant William Hayward and his wife commenced this medical malpractice action against appellees Medical Center of Beaver County (hospital), Dr. Paul A. Pupi, Dr. Vincent D. Cuddy, and Coghlan...

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