PORTERFIELD v. TRUSTEES OF HOSP. OF UNIV.


441 Pa.Super. 529 (1995)

657 A.2d 1293

Dorothy PORTERFIELD, Administratrix of the Estate of Belton Porterfield, III, Deceased, Appellant, v. The TRUSTEES OF the HOSPITAL OF the UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA and Matthew T. Kline, M.D., Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed May 4, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claire Neiger, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Norman R. Segal, Philadelphia, for appellees.

Before DEL SOLE, BECK and CERCONE, JJ.


DEL SOLE, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order entering Summary Judgment in favor of Appellees. The court concluded that a general release signed in connection with an automobile accident case barred the Appellant's subsequent claim for alleged medical malpractice arising out of treatment received following the accident. Because we agree with the court's conclusion that the "breadth and the generality of the...

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