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BRUCKSHAW v. FRANKFORD HOSP. OF PHILA.

No. 47 EAP 2011.

58 A.3d 102 (2012)

Thomas BRUCKSHAW, as Administrator of the Estate of Patricia Bruckshaw and Thomas Bruckshaw, In His Own Right as Husband of the Decedent Patricia Bruckshaw, Appellant v. The FRANKFORD HOSPITAL OF the CITY OF PHILADELPHIA and The Frankford Hospital of the City of Philadelphia t/a Frankford Hospital Torresdale Division and Frankford Healthcare System, Inc. and Jefferson Health System, Inc. and Brian P. Priest, M.D. and Randy Metcalf, M.D., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 18, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. Badey III , Badey, Sloan & DiGenova, P.C., Philadelphia, for Thomas J. Bruckshaw.

David C. Harrison , Philadelphia, for Appellant Amicus Curiae, Pennsylvania Association for Justice.

Medford J. Brown III , Golfein & Joseph P.C., for Frankford Hospital of the City of Philadelphia & Frankford Health Care System, Inc.

Dean F. Murtagh , German, Gallagher & Murtagh, P.C., Philadelphia, for Randy Metcalf and Brian P. Priest.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice BAER.

This appeal arises in the context of a medical malpractice action brought by Thomas Bruckshaw, (Appellant), as Administrator of the Estate of Patricia Bruckshaw (Decedent) and in his own right, against Frankford Hospital of Philadelphia (Frankford Hospital), Jefferson Health System, Inc., Brian P. Priest, M.D., and Randy Metcalf, M.D. (collectively, Appellees). We granted review of the following issue, as stated by Appellant...

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