Martin v. Grandview Hospital

KELLY, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order granting plaintiffs petition to reactivate a case which had previously been terminated for inactivity on the docket pursuant to local rule. Because we find that the trial court failed to apply the appropriate “good cause” standard for reactivation of such cases, we vacate the order reactivating the case and remand for further proceedings.

On July 9, 1980, plaintiff initiated this medical malpractice action against defendants Grandview Hospital and Robert J. Lavin, M.D., by filing a complaint with the Arbitration Panel on Health Care. 1 On December…