Freed v. Geisinger Medical Center

OPINION

Justice TODD.

In this negligence action, Geisinger Medical Center (“Geisinger”) and HealthSouth Corporation, formerly known as HealthSouth Rehabilitation Corporation and HealthSouth of Nittany Valley, Inc., t/d/b/a HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital (“HealthSouth”), appeal the order of the Pennsylvania Superior Court reversing the trial court’s grant of a compulsory nonsuit in their favor and against Appellee Rodger A. Freed. Although on a basis different from that expressed by the Superior Court, we affirm.

On November 6, 1998, Freed was involved in a single-vehicle…