HARRITY v. MEDICAL COLLEGE OF PA. HOSP.


439 Pa.Super. 10 (1994)

653 A.2d 5

Sarah T. HARRITY, Appellant v. MEDICAL COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL, Ellen C. Maitin, M.D., Richard C. Smith, M.D., Medical College of Philadelphia Orthopedic Associates. Sarah T. HARRITY, Appellant v. Anthony J. PALMACCIO, Jr., M.D., Individually, Randall N. Smith, M.D., Individually t/a Palmaccio and Smith Associates.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 8, 1994.

Reargument Denied February 9, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Schafle, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellant.

Charles B. Burr, II, Philadelphia, for appellees (at 2606).

Francis McGovern, Plymouth Meeting, for appellees (at 2607).

Before CIRILLO, OLSZEWSKI and HESTER, JJ.


HESTER, Judge:

This is a consolidated appeal involving summary judgment entered in two separate civil actions based upon the finding that appellant, Sarah T. Harrity, had released all the defendants from liability. We reverse and remand.

The relevant facts follow. On June 22, 1986, appellant fell at the Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and fractured her wrist. She subsequently instituted an action in federal court against Claridge Hotel for her...

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