Legal Opinion

Lewis v. United Hospitals, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 21, 1997No. 6 E.D. Appeal Docket 1996PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

CASTILLE, Justice.

The sole issue on appeal is whether the Superior Court erred in quashing appellants’ appeal from the trial court’s grant of appellee’s motion for nonsuit prior to trial based on appellants’ failure to file a post-verdict motion to remove the nonsuit. Because we find that the grant of nonsuit was improper, where, as here, no evidence was presented by appellants at trial as to liability, and because we find that appellants’ failure to file a motion to remove the nonsuit was not fatal to their appeal, we reverse the order of the Superior Court quashing…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ruhe v. Kroger Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  2. Gallagher v. Harleysville Mutual InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  3. Ray v. Armstrong DevelopersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. DiGregorio v. Keystone Health Plan EastSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  2. Commonwealth v. BelakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  3. Brodowski v. RyaveSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  4. Valles v. Albert Einstein Medical CenterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  5. Nobles, J. v. Staples, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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