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RYAN v. BERMAN

813 A.2d 792 (2002)

Barbara Ann Marie RYAN, Appellant, v. I. Joel BERMAN, D.O., and Morris I. Rossman, D.O., and Regional Internal Medicine Associates, Ltd., and Joel D. Jaffe, M.D., and Leon M. Cattolico, D.O., and henry ditommaso, D.O., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 31, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. O'Neill, Philadelphia, for Barbara Ann Ryan.

Donald J. Brooks, Philadelphia, for Henry DiTommaso and Leon M. Cattolico.

Gary M. Samms, Fort Washington, for I. Joel Berman.

Mary Grady Walsh, Kevin H. Wright, George L. Young, Philadelphia, for Joel D. Jaffe, M.D.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

Chief Justice ZAPPALA.

This case requires application of the coordinate jurisdiction rule and an examination of circumstances when the rule does not apply. We must decide whether the trial court violated the rule.

Appellant, Barbara Ann Marie Ryan, instituted a medical malpractice action in 1985 against Doctors Cattolico and DiTommaso, her family doctors, and against Doctors Berman, Rossman, and Jaffe, consulting specialists, alleging...

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