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STIMMLER v. CHESTNUT HILL HOSP.

No. 12 EAP 2008.

981 A.2d 145 (2009)

Ann STIMMLER, Appellant v. CHESTNUT HILL HOSPITAL; M. Brown, M.D.; William O'Connell, M.D.; Samuel Walterson, M.D.; Walter Matteucci, M.D.; B. Smith, M.D.; M.S. Jayashekara Murthy, M.D.; Bangolor Surey, M.D.; and Richard Padula, M.D., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 30, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Messa, Anastasia M. Buccino-Roth, Messa & Associates, P.C., Philadelphia, for Ann Stimmler, appellant.

Richard A. Kolb, Mary Elizabeth Dixon, White and Williams, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Chestnut Hill Hosp. and Samuel Walterson, M.D., appellees.

Kyle Norman Thompson, Kilcoyne & Nesbitt, L.L.C., Plymouth Meeting, Mark Hernmanovich, for Walter Matteucci, M.D., appellee.

Barbara S. Magen, Kathleen Chancler, Sheila Ann Haren, Post & Schell, P.C., Philadelphia, for Richard T. Padula, M.D., appellee.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY and GREENSPAN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice McCAFFERY.

In this medical malpractice appeal, we restate and apply to the record herein the standards and conditions appropriate for granting summary judgment. Determining that the trial court and Superior Court misapplied the appropriate standards in this case, and inappropriately determined this case on "deemed admissions" under the circumstances here present, we reverse and remand for further proceedings. Additionally, we deny...

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