Legal Opinion
Lalumera v. Nazareth Hospital
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 7, 1983No. 2659PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BECK, Judge:
Appellant Nazareth Hospital appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, sitting in equity, which denied its petition to open á default judgment.
Appellees Joseph Lalumera Jr., a minor, and his parents filed a complaint in trespass and assumpsit against Nazareth Hospital and Joseph James Toland, 3rd, M.D., on September 25, 1979, alleging negligence in the medical treatment of Joseph Lalumera Jr. while he was a patient in the hospital. From the time the complaint was served on Nazareth, September 26, 1979, a series of errors ensued which culminated in the…
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