MITCHELL v. SHIKORA

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Blum, Esq. , Na, Sang Jin, Michael Keith Feeney, Esq. , Matthew Brian O'Connor, Esq. , Matis Baum O'Connor , for The Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society, Amicus Curiae.

Joseph Regis Froetschel, Esq. , for Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Amicus Curiae American Association for Justice, Amicus Curiae.

Seth A. Goldberg, Esq. , Philip H. Lebowitz, Esq. , Duane Morris, L.L.P., for The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, 717) 561-5308, Amicus Curiae.

Kim Kocher, Esq. , White and Williams LLP, for Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel and Pennsylvania Defense Institute, Amicus Curiae.

Maureen Murphy McBride, Esq. , James C. Sargent Jr., Esq. , Lamb McErlane, PC, for The Pennsylvania Academy of Ophthalmology, Amicus Curiae, The Robert H. Ivy Pennsylvania Plastic Surgery Society, Amicus Curiae, The Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society, Amicus Curiae, The Pennsylvania College of Emergency Physicians, Amicus Curiae, The Pennsylvania Academy of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Amicus Curiae, The Pennsylvania Academy of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery, Amicus Curiae, The Pennsylvania Medical Society, Amicus Curiae, The American Medical Association, Amicus Curiae, The American Medical Association, et al, Amicus Curiae.

Megan Justine Block, Esq. , John C. Conti, Esq. , Justin Mark Gottwald, Esq. , Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C., for Shikora, Evan, Appellant, University of Pittsburgh Physicians etc., Appellant, Magee Womens Hospital UPMC, Appellant.

Rudolph L. Massa, Esq. , Massa Butler Giglione , Stephen Trzcinski, Esq. , for Mitchell, Lanette, Appellee.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.