Estate of Swift Ex Rel. Swift v. Northeastern Hospital of Philadelphia

DEL SOLE, Judge:

This appeal is from an order granting summary judgment in a wrongful death action brought by the Estate of Edith May Swift and her son Joseph R. Swift, Jr., individually (Appellants) against Northeastern Hospital of Philadelphia (Appel-lee). We affirm.

The facts gleaned from the record indicate that Decedent had injured herself when she fell off of a ladder. She sought treatment at Appellee’s emergency room where she was diagnosed with a compression fracture, as well as myasthenia gravis, a chronic muscular disorder. Decedent was discharged the same day, but before leaving the…