Duttry v. Patterson

771 A.2d 1255 (2001)

Cloma E. DUTTRY and Alvin Duttry, Appellees,

v.

Lewis T. PATTERSON, M.D., Patterson Surgical Associates and Polyclinic Medical Center, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued December 5, 2000.

Decided May 22, 2001.

Linda S. Porr Sweeney, Lancaster, for Lewis T. Patterson and Patterson Surgical Associates.

Richard H. Wix, for Cloma Duttry.

Before Flaherty, C.J., Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor, JJ.

OPINION

CAPPY, Justice.

We granted allocatur in this matter to determine whether the Superior Court below impermissibly extended the scope of the doctrine of…