Lesterick v. Singh

WETTICK, J.,

The subject matter of this opinion and order of court is the merit of defendants’ contention that a report of a charge nurse is protected from discovery by § 311 of the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (“MCARE”) Act, 40 P.S. § 1303.3 ll.1

This is a professional negligence action based on defendants’ alleged failure to timely perform a STAT C-section.

In their complaint, plaintiffs allege that defendant, Datar Singh, M.D., was the on-call “house” attending obstetrician during the evening of December 10, 2011; he was also the only obstetrician present at the hospital;…