SZPYNDA v. PYLES


433 Pa.Super. 1 (1994)

639 A.2d 1181

John SZPYNDA and Marie Szpynda, his wife, Appellants, v. Mark C. PYLES, M.D. and Berwick Hospital, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed February 18, 1994.

Reargument Denied May 3, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Anzalone, Wilkes-Barre, for appellants.

Francis G. Wenzel, Jr., Wilkes-Barre, for appellee Pyles.

Joseph A. Murphy, Scranton, for appellee Berwick Hosp.

Before OLSZEWSKI, JOHNSON and HUDOCK, JJ.


OLSZEWSKI, Judge.

John and Marie Szpynda appeal the order granting summary judgment in favor of defendants, Dr. Mark Pyles and Berwick Hospital, in this medical malpractice action. We reverse.

On March 1, 1988, John Szpynda was working for PMC, Inc. when his left hand got caught in a splicing machine. The machine crushed his left hand, wrist and forearm, and severed his ulnar artery. He was taken to Berwick Hospital where

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