Legal Opinion

MacNutt v. Temple University Hospital, Inc.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 7, 2007PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

GANTMAN, J.:

¶ 1 Appellants, Paul MacNutt and Mary Ann MacNutt, appeal from the judgment entered in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, in favor of Appellees, Temple University Hospital, Inc., and Sa-toshi Furukawa, M.D.,1 in Appellants’ medical malpractice action, following the denial of Appellants’ post-trial motion for a new trial. Specifically, Appellants ask us to determine whether the trial court erred in precluding Appellants from presenting their medical malpractice case at trial based on a res ipsa loquitur theory of negligence. Appellants also challenge the trial…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
  2. Dilliplaine v. Lehigh Valley Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Harman Ex Rel. Harman v. BorahSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  4. Toogood v. RogalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  5. Miller v. Sacred Heart HospitalSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Griffin v. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Braddock HospitalSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
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  3. Asbury v. Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Delaware County2010
  4. Duncan, R. v. Project HomeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  5. Grace, M. v. Kaufman, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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