ATCOVITZ v. GULPH MILLS TENNIS CLUB, INC.


766 A.2d 1280 (2001)

Jerry ATCOVITZ and Roslyn Atcovitz, H/W, Appellants, v. GULPH MILLS TENNIS CLUB, INC., JKST, Inc. and Gulp Mills/JKST Tennis Club, Inc. Lafayette Ambulance Rescue Squad 1, Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed January 16, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Craig Currie, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Lucien R. Tharaud, Philadelphia, for Gulph Mills Tennis Club, appellee.

Before DEL SOLE, HUDOCK and STEVENS, JJ.


DEL SOLE, J.

¶ 1 In 1996, Appellant Jerry Atcovitz suffered a heart attack while playing tennis at Appellee's facility. Appellant Atcovitz and his wife1 filed a negligence suit against Appellee, claiming Appellant's injuries could have been mitigated if Appellee's facility had had available a medical device called an automated external defibrillator ("AED"). Appellee asserted a defense to this claim that at the time of Appellant's...

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