Koppel v. Case

WETTICK JR., A.J.,

Both lawsuits raise the issue of whether a court, more than 30 days after the entry of a final judgment in a defendant’s favor on a plaintiff’s medical malpractice claim, may grant sanctions against an attorney pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1042.7 for improperly certifying that an appropriate licensed professional has supplied a written statement that there exists a reasonable probability that the care, skill, or knowledge experienced or exhibited in the treatment, practice, or work that is the subject of the complaint, fell outside acceptable professional standards and that such…