Cummins v. Rosa

OPINION BY

POPOVICH, J.:

¶ 1 Martha Cummins (Wife) and Harry H. Cummins, Jr. (Husband) (collectively Appellants) appeal the judgment entered in favor of Appellees Deborah M. Rosa, M.D., and Wasfy F. Fahmy, M.D., on April 15, 2003, in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. On appeal, Appellants contend that the trial court committed reversible error when it failed to rule inadmissible certain expert testimony presented by Appellees pursuant to Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C.Cir.1923), and its Pennsylvania equivalent, Commonwealth v. Topa, 471 Pa. 223, 369 A.2d 1277 (1977).…