EDWARDS v. BRANDYWINE HOSP.


438 Pa.Super. 673 (1995)

652 A.2d 1382

Charles EDWARDS, Appellant, v. BRANDYWINE HOSPITAL and Aimee M. Waters, Michael J. Margolies, and Richard Price Margolies, Personal Representatives of the Estate of M. Price Margolies, M.D. and M. Price Margolies Associates, Appellees, Charles EDWARDS, Appellee, v. BRANDYWINE HOSPITAL and Aimee M. Waters, Michael J. Margolies, and Richard Price Margolies, Personal Representatives of the Estate of M. Price Margolies, M.D. and M. Price Margolies Associates, Appeal of Brandywine Hospital.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed January 25, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger E. Legg, Coatesville, for Charles Edwards.

R. Bruce Morrison, Philadelphia, for Brandywine Hosp.

Before McEWEN, OLSZEWSKI and JOHNSON, JJ.


OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

In 1986, Charles Edwards was a 69-year-old retired steel worker with an artificial hip. He arrived at the Brandywine Hospital emergency room on August 25, complaining of hip pain. The hospital admitted him, and the nursing staff installed a heparin lock on his left hand. A heparin lock is a device which allows multiple intravenous fluids to be introduced at a common point.

Mr. Edwards stayed at the hospital for five days. The heparin lock...

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