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MAURER v. TRUSTEES OF UNIV. OF PA.

418 Pa.Super. 510 (1992)

614 A.2d 754

Michael MAURER, Alfred Maurer and Judith Maurer v. The TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA; Thomas A. Gennarelli, M.D.; Ralph T. Geer, M.D.; Ethan R. Colton, M.D.; Rob Roy MacGregor, M.D.; and R. Claude Rogers, M.D. Appeal of the TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Dr. Thomas A. Gennarelli, and Dr. R. Claude Rogers. Michael MAURER, Alfred Maurer and Judith Maurer, Appellants, v. The TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, t/a Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; and Thomas A. Gennarelli, t/a Neurological Associates; and Ralph T. Geer, t/a Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Intensive Care Associates; and Ethan R. Colton, t/a Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Intensive Care Associates; and Rob Roy MacGregor, t/a University of Pennsylvania Medical Group Clinical Practice of the University of Pennsylvania; and R. Claude Rogers, t/a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinical Practice of the University of Pennsylvania.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 25, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. McCabe, Jr., and Elise E. Singer, Philadelphia, for Trustees of University of Pennsylvania, Gennarelli and Rogers.

Lewis M. Levin, Philadelphia, for Maurer.

Before ROWLEY, President Judge, and WIEAND, CIRILLO, OLSZEWSKI, MONTEMURO, POPOVICH, JOHNSON, HUDOCK and FORD ELLIOTT, JJ.

ROWLEY, President Judge.

On or about December 10, 1980, seventeen-year-old Michael Maurer suffered a severe brain injury when he was struck by a car while walking across a street in Westville, New Jersey. Michael was initially taken to a hospital in New Jersey. However, as he was comatose and in need of specialized care, he was flown by helicopter to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania ("HUP"). Michael remained in a coma until January 30, 1981, when he...

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