Viadock v. Nesbitt Memorial Hospital

JOHNSON, Judge:

This case comes before us on appeal from an Order denying Appellant, the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (the Department), the right to intervene in a suit claiming damages arising from alleged medical malpractice.

Beverly Ann Viadock, the plaintiff in the instant case, became ill in September of 1978, thereby incurring substan*440tial medical bills. In August of 1980, before the Arbitration Panel for Health Care, plaintiff instituted suit against two hospitals and twelve physicians for injuries incurred as a result of their alleged malpractice. In December of 1980,…