KURIAN EX REL. KURIAN v. ANISMAN


851 A.2d 152 (2004)

Ancy KURIAN, A Minor, by her P/N/G Elizabeth KURIAN and Kurian Varkey, Appellants, v. Paul ANISMAN, M.D., and Jitendra Shah, M.D., Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed May 14, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher J. Culleton, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Regan S. Safier, Philadelphia, for Anisman, appellee.

Deborah M. Knight, Philadelphia, for Shah, appellee.

BEFORE: KLEIN, McCAFFERY, and OLSZEWSKI, JJ.


Facts and Procedural Posture

OPINION BY OLSZEWSKI, J.:

¶ 1 On April 5, 2000, a medical malpractice action was instituted on behalf of Ancy Kurian (a minor) against Dr. Paul Anisman, Dr. Jitendra Shah and the Heart Center for Children. A little more than a year later, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children was also made defendant to the action. Plaintiffs/appellants allege that both Dr. Shah and Dr. Anisman diagnosed Ancy with Down's syndrome...

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