Gorden v. Cutler

POPOVICH, Judge:

This is an appeal from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (per Judge Samuel H. Rosenberg) “dismisspng]” appellants’ (John and Kathleen Gorden’s) “Petition For Reimbursement of Lying-In Expenses.” We reverse and note at the outset that this is a case of first impression.

The facts are as follows: In November of 1980, appellants retained counsel to assist them in a prospective adoption. Counsel was given the name of a doctor who, upon inquiry, asked him to contact a Miss Day. Counsel did so and was told by Miss Day that she was pregnant, that she was…