MANZETTI v. MERCY HOSP. OF PITTSBURGH


776 A.2d 938 (2001)

Gene W. MANZETTI, M.D. & Gene W. Manzetti, M.D., P.C., Appellants, v. The MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH, Edward T. Wenzke, Dr. Ronald V. Pellegrini, Dr. Ross F. DiMarco, Jr., Dr. Dennis Manning, Dr. Howard A. Zaren, Dr. William Hetrick, Dr. Joann V. Narduzzi, Dr. Mitchell Massie, Dr. Robert H. Boretsky, Dr. Chester A. Phillips, III, Dr. Richard J. Kuwik, Dr. Patrick J. Vlahos, Dr. Daniel R. Sullivan, Dr. Christopher A. Troianos, Dr. Mark Stypula and Dr. Donna M. Lucas, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Matthews Wright, Pittsburgh, James Gregory Cirilano, McKees Rocks, for Gene W. Manzetti, M.D.

Eric W. Springer, Barbara Blackmond, Pittsburgh, for The Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, et al.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, SAYLOR, JJ.


OPINION

CAPPY, Justice.

We granted allocatur to determine whether the trial court correctly granted partial summary judgment in the instant matter on the basis that the immunity provisions of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 ("HCQIA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 11101 et seq. bar recovery of monetary damages for claims arising out of a peer review process. For the foregoing reasons...

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