SEJPAL v. CORSON, MCKINLEY, TOMHAVE & McKINLEY, M.D.'S., INC.


445 Pa.Super. 427 (1995)

665 A.2d 1198

Julie SEJPAL and Vinod Sejpal and Erica Lynn Sejpal, a Minor, by Julie Sejpal, Her Guardian, Appellants, v. CORSON, MITCHELL, TOMHAVE & McKINLEY, M.D.'S., INC., Hampton Corson, Donald Mitchell, Robert Tomhave, Richard G. McKinley, Donald R. McKinley and Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 25, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Hudak, Pittsburgh, for appellants.

Frank J. Stanek, Altoona, for Corson, Mitchell, Tomhave & McKinley, M.D.'s.

Heather A. Williams, Hollidaysburg, for Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital.

Thomas F. Halloran, Deputy Attorney General, Pittsburgh, for Commonwealth, participating party.

Before McEWEN, TAMILIA and OLSZEWSKI, JJ.


OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

During a 1989 pregnancy, Julie Sejpal (appellant) sought prenatal and obstetric care from Corson, Mitchell, Tomhave and McKinley, M.D.'s., Inc., and its individual doctors, Hampton Corson, Donald Mitchell, Robert Tomhave, Richard G. McKinley, and Donald R. McKinley (appellees). On August 30, 1989, appellant gave birth to Erica Lynn Sejpal. Immediately after the birth of the child, appellant elected to undergo a sterilization procedure.

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