REGINELLI v. BOGGS

Nos. 20 WAP 2016, 22 WAP 2016, 21 WAP 2016, 23 WAP 2016.

181 A.3d 293 (2018)

Eleanor REGINELLI and Orlando Reginelli, v. Marcellus BOGGS, M.D., Monongahela Valley Hospital, Inc., and UPMC Emergency Medicine, Inc., d/b/a Emergency Resource Management, Inc. Appeal of: Monongahela Valley Hospital, Inc. Eleanor Reginelli and Orlando Reginelli, v. Marcellus Boggs, M.D., Monongahela Valley Hospital, Inc., and UPMC Emergency Medicine, Inc., d/b/a Emergency Resource Management, Inc. Appeal of: UPMC Emergency Medicine, Inc. and Marcellus Boggs, M.D. Eleanor Reginelli and Orlando Reginelli v. Marcellus Boggs, M.D., Monongahela Valley Hospital, Inc., and UPMC Emergency Medicine, Inc., d/b/a Emergency Resource Management, Inc. Appeal of: Monongahela Valley Hospital, Inc. Eleanor Reginelli and Orlando Reginelli v. Marcellus Boggs, M.D., Monongahela Valley Hospital, Inc., and UPMC Emergency Medicine, Inc., d/b/a Emergency Resource Management, Inc. Appeal of: UPMC Emergency Medicine, Inc. and Marcellus Boggs, M.D.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: March 27, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Buchwald Heller, Esq. , Young Ricchiuti Caldwell & Heller, L.L.C., for Amicus Curiae, Pennsylvania Association for Justice.

Robert B. Hoffman, Esq. , Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, for Amicus Curiae, American Medical Association and Pennsylvania Medical Society.

William James Rogers, Esq. , Thomson, Rhodes & Cowie, P.C., for Appellee/Appellant, Monongahela Valley Hospital, Inc.

Howard A. Chajson, Esq. , John C. Conti, Esq. , Justin Mark Gottwald, Esq. , Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C., Megan Justine Block, Esq. , for Appellee/Appellant, UPMC Emergency Medicine, Inc. and Marcellus Boggs.

Rudolph L. Massa, Esq. , for Appellee, Eleanor Reginelli and Orlando Reginelli.

Douglas R. Nolin, Esq. , Peacock, Keller, & Ecker, L.L.P., for Appellee, Monongahela Valley Hospital, Inc.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

The Peer Review Protection Act, 63 P.S. §§ 425.1-425.4 ("PRPA"), provides a narrow evidentiary privilege to protect the "proceedings and documents of a review committee" conducting peer review activities by professional health care providers in conformity with its provisions. In...

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