Ryan v. Berman

OPINION

Chief Justice ZAPPALA.

This case requires application of the coordinate jurisdiction rule and an examination of circumstances when the rule does not apply. We must decide whether the trial court violated the rule.

Appellant, Barbara Ann Marie Ryan, instituted a medical malpractice action in 1985 against Doctors Cattolico and DiTommaso, her family doctors, and against Doctors Berman, Rossman, and Jaffe, consulting specialists, alleging negligent failure to diagnose Cushing’s Syndrome, a rare adrenal disorder that results in elevated levels of the hormone cortisol. This had allegedly…