Legal Opinion
Wexler v. Hecht
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 5, 2007No. 29 EAP 2005PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice SAYLOR.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether, under the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Act, a podiatrist is competent to testify as an expert witness concerning the applicable standard of care in a medical malpractice action advanced against an orthopedic surgeon.
The plaintiff, Beverly Wexler (“Appellant”), commenced the present action in 1999 against Paul J. Hecht, M.D., a medical doctor certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, and a colleague who was later dismissed from the action. The complaint asserted a claim of medical…
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