BAINHAUER v. LEHIGH VALLEY HOSP.


834 A.2d 1146 (2003)

Frederick J. BAINHAUER, Jr., Appellant, v. LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL, Allentown Anesthesia Associates, Inc., Samuel Lerner, M.D., Karen Ann Bretz, M.D., and Jane Doe, a/k/a J. Gerlach, Nurse Anesthetist, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 11, 2003.

Reargument Denied November 19, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald W. Shipman, Easton, for appellant.

Sheila A. Haren, Philadelphia, for Allentown Anesthesia, Bretz and Gerlach, appellees.

Before: DEL SOLE, P.J., JOHNSON and BECK, JJ.


BECK, J.

¶ 1 This is a medical malpractice case in which Plaintiff-Appellant, Frederick J. Bainhauer, D.O., claims the trial court erred in limiting his negligence case to the theory that his harm was caused by the administration during anesthesia of the drug Neo-Synephrine. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

¶ 2 The relevant facts supported by the record are as follows. On January 31, 1997, Plaintiff underwent a parathyroidectomy at Lehigh Valley...

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