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REIBENSTEIN v. BARAX

No. 32 MAP 2021.

286 A.3d 222 (2022)

Linda REIBENSTEIN, as the Administratrix of the Estate of Mary Ann Whitman, Deceased v. Charles BARAX, M.D.; and Mercy Hospital, Scranton Linda Reibenstein, as the Administratrix of the Estate of Mary Ann Whitman, Deceased v. Patrick D. Conaboy, M.D.; and Cognetti & Conaboy Family Practice, P.C. Appeal of: Patrick D. Conaboy, M.D. and Cognetti & Conaboy Family Practice, P.C.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Resubmitted: November 15, 2022.

Decided: December 12, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Byer , Duane Morris LLP, David Edwin Loder , Andrew Ronald Sperl , Sean Shafiq Zabaneh, Esq. , for Amicus Curiae Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.

Michael Keith Feeney, Esq. , Matis Baum O'Connor, for Amicus Curiae The Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform, et al.

Ruxandra Maniu Laidacker, Esq. , for Amicus Curiae The Pennsylvania Association for Justice.

Grace Elizabeth Doherty , James A. Doherty , James Andrew Doherty, Esq. , Scanlon, Howley & Doherty, P.C., Maureen Murphy McBride , James C. Sargent Jr., Esq. , Lamb McErlane, PC, for Appellant.

Robert John Aldrich III , Robin Bolick Snyder, Esq. , Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, PC, Matthew P. Keris, Esq. , for Appellee Charles Barax, M.D.; Mercy Hospital, Scranton.

Michael W. Calder , Renee A. Metal , Jon Robert Perry, Esq. , Rosen & Perry, P.C., John Timothy Hinton Jr., Esq. , Haggerty Hinton & Cosgrove LLP, for Appellee Reibenstein, Linda.

TODD, C.J., DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, BROBSON, JJ.

OPINION

We have long recognized a material distinction between cause and manner of death, with the former referring to the immediate physiological processes that precipitate the death of an individual and the latter speaking to the broader context of the surrounding...

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