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HAMIL v. BASHLINE

481 Pa. 256 (1978)

392 A.2d 1280

Martha S. HAMIL, Administratrix of the Estate of Kenneth C. Hamil, Appellant, v. H. Woodrow BASHLINE, Don L. Bashline, Wayne L. Bashline, Vincent D. D'Angelo, Leslie A. McClimans, John F. Johnston and Anthony Linfante, t/a the Bashline Hospital Association, Ltd.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 5, 1978.

Reargument Denied November 9, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Feldman, Philadelphia, Henry S. Moore, Grove City, for appellant.

George Hardy Rowley, Voorhies, Dilley, Keck, Rowley & Wallace, Greenville, for appellee.

Francis E. Shields, Philadelphia, amicus curiae for Pennsylvania Medical Society.

Joseph J. Musto, Wilkes-Barre, amicus curiae, for Pennsylvania Defense Institute.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

POMEROY, Justice.

The present appeal involves the degree of certainty required of expert medical testimony to establish, in a medical malpractice case, the causal relation between the harm suffered by a plaintiff-patient and the alleged negligence of a doctor or hospital in failing properly to diagnose and treat the plaintiff's condition in a manner which might have prevented the harm. We believe that such causation may be founded upon...

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