Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2020

Smith, A. v. Cordero, M.

Smith, A. v. Cordero, M.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided May 19, 2020

Smith, A. v. Cordero, M.

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT

ANN SMITH, AS EXECUTRIX OF THE : No. 262 WAL 2019 ESTATE OF DALE SMITH, DECEASED, : ON BEHALF OF HERSELF INDIVIDUALLY, : SURVIVING SPOUSE OF THE : Petition for Allowance of Appeal DECEDENT, AND THE NEXT OF KIN OF : from the Published Opinion and DALE SMITH, AND ON BEHALF OF THE : Order of the Superior Court at No. ESTATE OF DALE SMITH, DECEASED, : 1166 WDA 2018, at 223 A.3d 268 : (Pa. Super. 2019) entered on Respondents : November 15, 2019, vacating and : remanding the Order of the : Allegheny County Court of Common v. : Pleas at No. GD-14-014061 entered : on August 7, 2018 : MARC CORDERO, M.D. AND UPMC : MCKEESPORT, A DIVISION AND : HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF : PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER AND : UPMC WOUND HEALING SERVICES AT : UPMC MCKEESPORT, A DIVISION OF : UPMC MCKEESPORT AND THE : UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL : CENTER, : : Petitioners : ORDER

PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 19th day of May, 2020, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, the order of the Superior Court is VACATED, and the case is REMANDED to the Superior Court for further proceedings consistent with this Court’s opinion in Trigg v. Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, 3 WAP 2019. The ancillary “Application to Stay” is DENIED as moot.

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