WHITAKER v. FRANKFORD HOSP.

No. 819 EDA 2006, 933 EDA 2006.

984 A.2d 512 (2009)

Joan P. WHITAKER and Barbara V. Leezer, Guardians Ad Litem for Caroline Monaghan, Appellees v. The FRANKFORD HOSPITAL OF the CITY OF PHILADELPHIA d/b/a Frankford Hospital-Frankford, The Frankford Hospital of the City of Philadelphia d/b/a Frankford Hospital-Torresdale, Robert T. Smith, M.D., Harold J. Gauthier, M.D. and Diagnostic Imaging, Inc., Appeal of Robert T. Smith, M.D., Appellant. Caroline Monaghan, Appellee v. Frankford Hospital, Frankford Division, Frankford Hospital, Torresdale Division, Carl S. Rubin, D.O., Medical Imaging Associates, Hospital Medical Imaging, Inc., Robert T. Smith, M.D., Northeast Philadelphia Vascular Surgeons, P.C., Farouq A. Samhouri, M.D., Harold J. Gauthier, M.D., ABC Emergency Room Services Corp., Michael J. Rosner, M.D., Joseph Nabong, M.D., Neurocare Diagnostics, Inc., and Randy M. Rosenberg, M.D., Appeal of Diagnostic Imaging, Inc., Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed November 12, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Naomi A. Plakins, Doylestown, for Smith.

James E. Kurack, Jr., Philadelphia, for Diagnostic Imaging, Inc.

Charles L. Becker, Philadelphia, for Whitaker, Leezer and Monaghan, appellees.

BEFORE: ORIE MELVIN, BOWES, and DONOHUE, JJ.


OPINION BY BOWES, J.:

¶ 1 Appellants, Diagnostic Imaging, Inc. and its agent Dr. Robert T. Smith, appeal from the judgment entered on a jury verdict in this medical malpractice action. The verdict was entered in favor of the plaintiffs, Appellees Joan P. Whitaker and Barbara V. Leezer, in their capacity as guardians ad litem for Caroline Monaghan. The jury determined that Dr. Smith and Dr. Harold J. Gauthier, who had previously settled with Appellees,...

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