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PASSARELLO v. GRUMBINE

No. 15 WAP 2012, No. 16 WAP 2012

87 A.3d 285 (2014)

Steven P. PASSARELLO, Administrator of the Estate of Anthony J. Passarello, Deceased, and Steven P. Passarello and Nicole M. Passarello, Husband and Wife v. Rowena T. GRUMBINE, M.D. and Blair Medical Associates, Inc. Appeal of Blair Medical Associates, Inc. Steven P. Passarello, Administrator of the Estate of Anthony J. Passarello, Deceased, and Steven P. Passarello and Nicole M. Passarello, Husband and Wife v. Rowena T. Grumbine, M.D. and Blair Medical Associates, Inc. Appeal of Rowena T. Grumbine, M.D.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Resubmitted December 27, 2013.

Decided February 7, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wesley Jordan IV , Matis Baum O'Connor , Pittsburgh, for Blair Medical Associates, Inc.

Robert B. Hoffman , Eckert Seamans Cherin & Merlott, LLC, Harrisburg, for Pennsylvania Medical Society, Appellant Amicus Curiae.

Lynn Ellen Bell , Davies, McFarland & Carroll, P.C., Pittsburgh, Michael Christopher Hamilton , Pittsburgh, Maureen Murphy McBride , James C. Sargent Jr. , Lamb McErlane, PC, West Chester, for Rowena T. Grumbine.

Donald Joseph Feinberg , Feinberg & Silva, Philadelphia, Clifford Alan Rieders , Pamela L. Shipman , Rieders, Travis, Humphrey, Harris, Waters & Waffenschmidt, Williamsport, for Steven P. and Nicole M. Passarello and the Estate of Anthony J. Passarello.

Rosalind T. Kaplan , Jarve Kaplan Granato, LLC, Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania Ass'n for Justice, Appellee Amicus Curiae.

Before CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, STEVENS, JJ.

OPINION

Justice McCAFFERY.

We granted review in this medical malpractice case to consider whether the trial court properly gave an "error in judgment" jury instruction, i.e., an instruction that physicians are not liable for their "errors in judgment" when making medical decisions.

I

The Superior Court's opinion sets forth the factual background, as follows:

This matter arose out of the death of two-month-old Anthony...

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