DIETZEL v. GURMAN


806 A.2d 1264 (2002)

Shirley DIETZEL, Appellant, v. Andrew GURMAN, M.D., Blair Orthopedic Associates.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 10, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis R. Quay, W. Conshochocken, for appellant.

M. David Halpern, Altoona, for Gurman, appellee.

Before: FORD ELLIOTT, LALLY-GREEN, and HESTER, JJ.


OPINION BY FORD ELLIOTT, J.:

¶ 1 In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether the trial court erred when it refused to remove a compulsory nonsuit entered at the close of appellant Shirley Dietzel's ("patient's") case-in-chief. For the reasons that follow, we affirm. The factual and procedural history of the case follows.

¶ 2 On January 28, 1997, appellee Andrew Gurman, M.D. ("physician") performed hip replacement surgery on patient during which...

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