TAYLOR v. ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER


723 A.2d 1027 (1998)

Margaret TAYLOR and Lewis T. Mapp, Parents and Natural Guardians of the Estate of Ka-rin Alise Taylor, a Minor. v. ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER, Peter Trinkaus, M.D., John Wertheimer, M.D., Owen Williamson, M.D. Appeal of Albert Einstein Medical Center, Peter Trinkaus, M.D., and John Wertheimer, M.D. Margaret Taylor and Lewis T. Mapp, Parents and Natural Guardians of the Estate of Ka-rin Alise Taylor, a Minor, Appellants, v. Albert Einstein Medical Center, Peter Trinkaus, M.D., Owen Williamson, M.D. and John Wertheimer, M.D., Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 18, 1998.

Reargument Denied February 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. McClellan and Andrew K. Worek, Philadelphia, for appellants (at 3787) and appellees (at 3938).

Before McEWEN, President Judge, CERCONE, President Judge Emeritus, and BECK, J.


McEWEN, President Judge:

These cross-appeals have been taken from the judgment in the amount of $674,565.07 entered November 6, 1996, on the verdict of the jury in favor of Margaret Taylor, the mother of Ka-Rin Taylor, and against Peter Trinkaus, M.D.1 in this medical malpractice wrongful death and survival action arising from the tragic death of Ka-Rin.

The appeal at No. 3787 PHL 1996 has been taken by the defendants, Albert Einstein...

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