Montgomery v. South Philadelphia Medical Group, Inc.

WIEAND, Judge.

In this appeal from an order refusing to remove a compulsory non-suit, we are asked to review rulings by the trial court that (1) plaintiffs expert, a board certified internist and cancer specialist, was unqualified to express an opinion regarding the standard of care expected of a physician’s assistant, and (2) plaintiffs evidence was insufficient to submit to a jury the issue of causation.

On August 13, 1985, Renee Montgomery presented herself for an annual physical examination at the South Philadelphia Medical Group. 1 There she was examined by Barbara O’Rourke, a physician’s…