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PRATT v. ST. CHRISTOPHER'S HOSP.

866 A.2d 313 (2005)

Sharon PRATT, Mother, Michael Nesmith, Sr., Father, Individually and in Their Own Right as Parents and Natural Guardians for Michael Nesmith, Jr. v. ST. CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL, Ronald Souder, M.D., Margaret Fisher, M.D., Covenant House Health Services, Covenant House, Inc., Germantown Hospital Emergency Physician(s) Associates, Inc., Stephen Raphael, M.D. and Nellie Novak, M.D. Appeal of: Ronald Souder, M.D. and Margaret Fisher, M.D.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 19, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Fitzpatrick, Esq., William C. McGovern, Esq., Philadelphia, for Ronald Souder, M.D. and Margaret Fisher, M.D.

William F. Sutton, Esq., Philadelphia, for St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.

Gayle Lewis, Esq., Philadelphia, for Sharon Pratt and Michael Nesmith, Sr.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN, and BAER, JJ.

OPINION

SAYLOR, Justice.

Appeal was allowed in this case to consider the application of the "no-impeachment rule," governing the admissibility of post-verdict testimony by jurors.

The civil case underlying the appeal is a medical malpractice action in which Appellees, on behalf of their minor son, sought to recover monetary damages from Appellants based on an alleged failure on their part to timely diagnose a rare but pernicious infection...

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