Berman v. Moss

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

■ Plaintiffs in the underlying suit initiated proceedings under the Health Care Services Malpractice Act (Act),1 on November 11, 1977 by filing a notice complaint with the administrator for Arbitration Panels for Health Care (Administrator), alleging negligent medical treatment by the defendants. Plaintiffs also commenced a second suit on November 18, 1977, in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on the same cause of action.

Because the alleged medical malpractice occurred before January 13, 1976, the effective date of the Act, the Administrator, on Dr. Greenberg’s…