Legal Opinion

Walker v. Pugliese

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 12, 1983No. 10PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BECK, Judge:

Juana D. Johnson died of hepatitis at the age of nineteen in November 1977. Her parents and co-administrators of her estate, Appellants Richard and Rosalie Walker, filed a complaint in trespass averring medical malpractice against Peter Pugliese, M.D. and Dr. I.O. Silver, appellees, who attended Juana before her death. The Walkers appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County, which denied their Petition to Open a judgment of non pros entered against them for failure to provide full answers to interrogatories issued by appellees Pugliese and Silver. The…

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2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Mattos v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  2. Gonzales v. Procaccio Bros. Trucking Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  3. Gill v. McGraw Electric Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  4. Catina v. MareeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. POLUKA v. ColeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972

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3Cited by11 opinions

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  3. Buxbaum v. PegueroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. Almes v. BurketSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  5. Perri v. Broad Street HospitalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

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