Fisher v. North Hills Passavant Hospital

DEL SOLE, President Judge.

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the judgment entered following a defense verdict. Finding merit to the claim that Appellants should have been permitted to question a witness to expose her bias, we reverse and award a new trial.

¶2 Appellants, Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, sought damages based upon allegations that Mr. Fisher received inadequate care during his stay at North Hills Passavant Hospital’s (the Hospital’s) emergency room.1

¶3 The trial court recounted certain facts related to the case:

There was no genuine factual issue in his case that the Plaintiff-patient was a…