HEINRICH v. CONEMAUGH VALLEY MEM. HOSP.


436 Pa.Super. 465 (1994)

648 A.2d 53

Jean M. HEINRICH, individually and on behalf of her infant daughter, Molly A. Heinrich and Robert J. Heinrich, Sr., and Mary E. Heinrich, husband and wife, Appellants, v. CONEMAUGH VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, a non-profit corporation, and Loretta Opila, M.D., an individual, and Andrew George, M.D., an individual and Elisabeth Cole, M.D., an individual, and Edward Devellen, M.D., an individual, and Pat Stock, an individual, and Clarice Ott, an individual, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caram J. Abood, Johnstown, for appellants.

Robert J. Pfaff, Hollidaysburg, for Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hosp., appellee.

Before TAMILIA, HUDOCK and HESTER, JJ.


HUDOCK, Judge:

Appellants appeal from the order of the trial court granting the preliminary objections, in the nature of a demurrer, of Appellees in an action brought as a result of the conduct of Appellees in reporting suspected child abuse to the proper authorities after a child was presented to them at the hospital emergency room for treatment. We affirm.

The facts, as summarized from Appellants' second amended complaint, are as follows: On or about September...

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