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WOLLOCH v. AIKEN

815 A.2d 594 (2002)

Marjorie WOLLOCH, Appellee v. Robert AIKEN, M.D., Michelle Meltzer, M.D., Richard Keohane, M.D., Pennsylvania Hospital, and Thomas Jefferson Hospital, Appellants, Appeal of Robert Aiken, M.D. Marjorie Wolloch, Appellee v. Robert Aiken, M.D., Michelle Meltzer, M.D., Richard Keohane, M.D., Pennsylvania Hospital, and Thomas Jefferson Hospital, Appellants, Appeal of Michelle Meltzer (Three Cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 31, 2002.

Reargument Denied February 28, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kim Kocher, Alan H. Starr, Ana Marie Bryan, Philadelphia, for Robert Aiken, M.D.

James P. Kilcoyne, Plymouh Meeting, for Richard B. Keohane, M.D.

Fredric L. Goldfein, Deborah Marie Knight, Roseann Lynn Brenner, Philadelphia, for Michelle Meltzer.

Michael D. Brophy, Philadelphia, for Thomas Jefferson University Hosp.

Benedict A. Casey, Philadelphia, for Marjorie Wolloch.

Adrian R. King, Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania Hosp.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

Chief Justice ZAPPALA.

This appeal involves consideration of discovery violations and sanctions and their interaction with procedural rules pertaining to summary judgment.

Appellee, Marjorie Wolloch, filed a medical malpractice complaint in 1994 against Doctors Aiken, Meltzer, and Keohane, and against Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Pennsylvania Hospital. The complaint alleged...

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