NOGOWSKI v. ALEMO-HAMMAD


456 Pa.Super. 750 (1997)

691 A.2d 950

Ona NOGOWSKI, Appellee, v. Saeid ALEMO-HAMMAD, M.D. and St. Mary Hospital. Appeal of Saeid ALEMO-HAMMAD, M.D., Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 31, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. McGovern, Blue Bell, for appellant.

Angela L. Dumm, Philadelphia, for Nogowski, appellee.

Before CAVANAUGH, J., CIRILLO, P.J.E., and POPOVICH, JOHNSON, HUDOCK, FORD ELLIOTT, SAYLOR, EAKIN and SCHILLER, JJ.


SCHILLER, Judge.

Appellant, Dr. Saeid Alemo-Hammad, brings this appeal from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County granting a new trial. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

FACTS:

On February 12, 1986, appellant performed back surgery, specifically a laminectomy, on appellee, Ona Nogowski. During the course of the surgery appellant placed surgical sponges within appellee's body. Appellant testified that at the conclusion...

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