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BOUSAMRA v. EXCELA HEALTH

No. 5 WAP 2018.

210 A.3d 967 (2019)

George R. BOUSAMRA, M.D. v. EXCELA HEALTH, a Corporation; Westmoreland Regional Hospital, Doing Business as Excela Westmoreland Hospital, a Corporation; Robert Rogalski; Jerome E. Granato, M.D.; Latrobe Cardiology Associates, Inc., a Corporation; Robert N. Staffen, M.D.; Mercer Health & Benefits, LLC; and American Medical Foundation for Peer Review and Education, Inc., a Corporation. Appeal of: Excela Health, Westmoreland Regional Hospital, Robert Rogalski, Jerome E. Granato, M.D., and Latrobe Cardiology Associates, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: June 18, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Alan Strassburger , Strassburger, McKenna, Gutnick & Gefsky, for Excela Health, et al., Appellant.

Gretchen Elizabeth Moore , Strassburger, McKenna, Gutnick & Gefsky, for Excela Health, et al., Appellant.

Joseph H. Blum , Sang Jin Na , Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, for The National Association of Manufacturers, et al, Appellant, Amicus Curiae.

Jeffrey Gerard Brooks , for Ehab Morcos, Appellee.

John A. Caputo , John A. Caputo & Associates, for George R. Bousamra, Appellee.

David R. Johnson , Burns White, LLC, for Robert N. Staffen, Appellee.

Daniel M. Mulholland, III , Horty Springer & Mattern, for American Medical Foundation for Peer Review and Education, Inc., Appellee.

Dianna Calaboyias Wyrick , Reed Smith LLP, for Mercer Health & Benefits, LLC., Appellee.

Elizabeth L. Jenkins , John A. Caputo & Associates, for George R. Bousamra, Appellee.

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

OPINION

In this appeal by allowance, we consider whether Excela Health waived the attorney work product doctrine or the attorney-client privilege by forwarding an email from outside counsel to its public relations and crisis management consultant, Jarrard, Phillips, Cate & Hancock. We conclude...

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