Legal Opinion
Fine v. Checcio
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 30, 2005No. 55 EAP 2003, 68 WAP 2003PublishedCited by 451 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Chief Justice CAPPY.
These are consolidated appeals, in which Appellant Eric Fine (“Fine”) sued Appellee Mary Anne Checcio, D.D.S. (“Dr. Checcio”), and Appellee Rosezetta Marie Ward (“Ward”) sued Appellants Jeffrey W. Rice, D.M.D. and Jeffrey W. Rice, D.M.D., P.C. (collectively, “Dr.Rice”), for dental malpractice. Dr. Checcio and Dr. Rice each filed a motion for summary judgment based on the two year statute of limitations in 42 Pa.C.S. § 5524(2). 1 In their respective responses, Fine and Ward raised the discovery rule and the doctrine of fraudulent concealment. At the trial court…
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