Fischer v. UPMC Northwest

OPINION BY

FREEDBERG, J.:

This matter is before the Court on the appeal of Karen Fischer and Jonathan Fischer from the trial court’s order filed December 16, 2010, which denied their motion for leave to appeal nunc pro tunc. For the reasons set forth herein, we reverse.

On January 29, 2007, Appellants instituted this medical malpractice action. A jury trial commenced on October 19, 2009. At the conclusion of Appellants’ case, a non-suit was granted in favor of Appellees Alfonse A. Emmolo, M.D., and UPMC Community Medicine, Inc. The jury subsequently returned a verdict in favor of Ap-pellees UPMC…