Steinfurth v. LaManna

HESTER, Judge:

This is an appeal from the March 9, 1990 order granting summary judgment to appellees, Dr. John V. LaManna and Proserpi-Moser Plastic Surgery Clinic. Summary judgment was premised upon a sanction order precluding appellants, Betty Jane and Robert Steinfurth, from introducing expert testimony on the issue of Dr. LaManna’s malpractice. Since we consider the sanction order inappropriate under current authority, we reverse.

Appellants instituted this action on September 22, 1986, alleging that Dr. LaManna negligently treated Mrs. Steinfurth. In 1982, Mrs. Steinfurth underwent a…