Case Name: Wanda DITCH, Administratix of the Estate of Catherine S. Verdier, Petitioner, v. WAYNESBORO HOSPITAL, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2007-10-10
Citations: 934 A.2d 1150
Docket Number: 
Parties: Wanda DITCH, Administratix of the Estate of Catherine S. Verdier, Petitioner, v. WAYNESBORO HOSPITAL, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 934
Pages: 1150–1150

Head Matter:
Wanda DITCH, Administratix of the Estate of Catherine S. Verdier, Petitioner, v. WAYNESBORO HOSPITAL, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Oct. 10, 2007.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 10th day of October, 2007, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issues set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. The issues, as stated by petitioner are:
(1) Whether a certificate of merit must be filed within 60 days of the filing of the original complaint, notwithstanding the filing of preliminary objections and/or an amended complaint?
(2) Whether the complaint and the amended complaint raise a professional negligence claim which requires the filing of a certificate of merit?