LEADBITTER v. KEYSTONE ANESTHESIA CO.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Thomas Calo, Esq. , Post & Post, LLC, Berwyn, for The Delaware County Medical Society, The Chester County Medical Society, Amici Curiae.

Casey Alan Coyle, Esq. , Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Harrisburg, for The Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Curi, The Doctors Company, The Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society, Amici Curiae.

Rosalind T. Kaplan, Esq. , Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Amicus Curiae.

Maureen Murphy McBride, Esq. , James C. Sargent Jr., Esq. , Lamb McErlane, PC, West Chester, for The American Medical Association, The Pennsylvania Medical Society, Amici Curiae.

Andrew Ronald Sperl, Esq. , Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, for Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, Amicus Curiae.

Megan Justine Block, Esq. , John C. Conti, Esq. , Pittsburgh, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, PC, for Appellant.

John A. Caputo, Esq. , John A. Caputo & Associates, Elizabeth L. Jenkins, Esq. , Pittsburgh, for Appellees James E. Leadbitter, Tammy M. Leadbitter.

Matthew Brian O'Connor, Esq. , Matis Baum O'Connor, P.C., for Appellees South Hills Orthopaedic Surgery Associates, Petraglia, Carmen, Appellee.

Christopher C. Rulis, Esq. , Rulis & Bochicchio, LLC, Pittsburgh, for Appellees Keystone Anesthesia Consultants, Ltd, Christopher Merck, Ajoy Katari, John P. Weldon, Laura V. McNeill.

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