Saint Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem v. Vivian

OPINION BY

ALLEN, J.:

St. Luke’s Hospital of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania d/b/a St. Luke’s Hospital and St. Luke’s Hospital & Health Network, (“Appellant”), appeals from the trial court’s order overruling Appellant’s claims of privilege, denying a protective order in favor of Appellant, and sanctioning Appellant pursuant to a motion by John R. Vivian, Jr. Esquire (“Attorney”) 1. We affirm.

Underlying the instant litigation are various wrongful death lawsuits initiated by the families of Appellant’s former patients, on the basis that one of Appellant’s former nurses, Charles Cullen (“Cullen”), caused…