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CONNOR v. ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSP.

501 Pa. 306 (1983)

461 A.2d 600

Mary E. CONNOR and Earl T. Connor, her husband, Appellants, v. ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 27, 1983.

Reargument Denied July 6, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard E. Price, Pittsburgh, for appellants.

Louis B. Loughren, Louis C. Long, Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

On November 22, 1973, appellant Mary E. Connor was admitted as an emergency patient to appellee Allegheny General Hospital with abdominal distress. As part of her treatment, on November 26, 1973 appellant underwent a barium enema. During the procedure, and continuing for several hours thereafter, barium solution leaked out of a perforation in appellant's colon into her abdominal cavity, ultimately necessitating surgery to remove...

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