Legal Opinion
Petty v. Suburban General Hospital
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 23, 1987No. 00453PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MONTEMURO, Judge:
Satterlee Petty, plaintiff/appellant, takes this appeal from the Order transferring his cause of action from Philadelphia to Montgomery County on the ground of forum non conveniens.
Plaintiff/appellant alleged in his complaint that on or about April 25, 1983, while he was engaged in his occupation as an engineer, he suddenly became dizzy, lost his visual focus and fell down an embankment. An ambulance crew took him to the defendant/appellee, Suburban General Hospital, where he came under the care of the other defendants/appellees.
On April 18, 1985, plaintiff/appellant filed a…
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