Turner v. Medical Center, Beaver, Pa, Inc.

TAMILIA, Judge:

Mary Turner and her husband, Patrick Turner, take this appeal from the April 16, 1996 Order sustaining the preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer of appel-lee/The Medical Center, and dismissing appellants’ complaint seeking recovery for negligent infliction of emotional distress.

Preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer test the legal sufficiency of the complaint as failing to set forth a cause of action upon which relief can be granted under any theory of law. McCaskill v. Philadelphia Housing Authority, 419 Pa.Super. 313, 615 A.2d 382 (1992). On appeal…