CHECCHIO v. FRANKFORD HOSPITAL-TORRESDALE DIVISION


717 A.2d 1058 (1998)

Daniel CHECCHIO, a Minor, By and Through His Parents and Natural Guardians, J. Michael and Patricia CHECCHIO, Appellant, v. FRANKFORD HOSPITAL-TORRESDALE DIVISION, Edwin R. Concors, M.D. Michael Malen, M.D., Marvin Kalafer, M.D., Carl Kennedy, Jr., M.D. Children's Hospital, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn C. McCarthy, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Edward C. Mintzer, Jr., Philadelphia, for Frankford Hospital, etc., appellees.

Peter J. Hoffman, Philadelphia, for Edwin R. Concors, M.D., appellee.

Before KELLY, J., and CERCONE, President Judge Emeritus, and MONTEMURO, J.


MONTEMURO, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order entering summary judgment in favor of the defendants in a medical malpractice action.

On February 17, 1984, minor Plaintiff/Appellant Daniel Checcio was born a month prematurely by Caesarian section at Appellee Frankford Hospital. Only minutes after birth the child began exhibiting signs of respiratory distress, later diagnosed as due to hyaline membrane disease.1 This condition...

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