DOCKERY v. THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIV. HOSP.

No. 611 EDA 2020.

253 A.3d 716 (2021)

2021 PA Super 23

Quiera DOCKERY, Appellant v. THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC.; Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; Jefferson Health; Jefferson Health System; Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital; Mercy Health System; Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, d/b/a Mercy Catholic Medical Center; Mercy Health System of Southeastern Pennsylvania; Catholic Health East, Inc.; Trinity Health Corporation; Jefferson University Physicians; Jefferson Health Practitioner Services; Jefferson Neurosurgery at Mercy; Mercy Neurosurgical Specialists; Mercy Neurology Associates at Mercy Hospital; Mercy Neurology Associates; Mercy Physician Network; Philip Mead, MD; Ayesha Mahmood, MD; Henry Kesler, MD.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed: February 22, 2021.

Reargument Denied April 26, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Joseph Coyle III , Philadelphia, for appellant.

James John Kutz , Harrisburg, for appellees.

BEFORE: KUNSELMAN, J. NICHOLS, J., and PELLEGRINI, J.


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