MENDEL v. WILLIAMS

Nos. 1674 EDA 2011, 1675 EDA 2011

53 A.3d 810 (2012)

2012 PA Super 171

April MENDEL, Appellant v. Eric WILLIAMS, M.D., Albert Einstein Medical Center, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, In Its Own Right and d/b/a Albert Einstein Medical Center and d/b/a Einstein Regional Orthopaedic Specialists and d/b/a Einstein Orthopaedic Associates, Einstein Regional Orthopaedic Specialists a/k/a Einstein Regional Orthopaedic Associates, Einstein Practice Plan, Inc., Andrew Beaver, M.D., Vilas Saldanha, M.D., Robert Ocasio, M.D., Underwood Memorial Hospital, Appellees. April Mendel, Appellant v. Eric Williams, M.D., Albert Einstein Medical Center, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, In Its Own Right and d/b/a Albert Einstein Medical Center and d/b/a Einstein Regional Orthopaedic Specialists and d/b/a Einstein Orthopaedic Associates, Einstein Regional Orthopaedic Specialists a/k/a Einstein Regional Orthopaedic Associates, Einstein Practice Plan, Inc., Andrew Beaver, M.D., Vilas Saldanha, M.D., Robert Ocasio, M.D., Underwood Memorial Hospital, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Axelrod , Philadelphia, for appellant.

Charles W. Craven Philadelphia, for Ocasio, appellee.

John P. Cirrincione , Mount Laurel, New Jersey, for Underwood, appellee.

BEFORE: STEVENS, P.J., LAZARUS, J., and COLVILLE, J.


OPINION BY LAZARUS, J.

April Mendel appeals from the March 17, 2011 and March 21, 2011 orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, sustaining the preliminary objections filed by Underwood Memorial Hospital ("Underwood") and Doctor Robert Ocasio, M.D. asserting lack of personal jurisdiction in Pennsylvania. Mendel's appeal requires us to determine whether a Pennsylvania court may assert personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state doctor, or corporate...

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