Court Opinion

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Banke, Presiding Judge,
concurring specially.
It may be inferred from the hospital report that at the time appellant Clough drew the blood sample she also took the decedent’s pulse, blood pressure, and temperature, and received information that the decedent might have been taking medication. Unlike the majority, I do not find any indication on the report that a medical diagnosis was made or attempted. Rather, the report merely specifies that the decedent had been in an auto accident and that he had been brought to the hospital by the police “to have blood alcohol drawn.” However, because the decedent’s vital signs were taken and because no expert testimony was offered tending to establish that, interpreted in the context of his demeanor and the information regarding his possible drug use, his vital signs revealed no need for immediate medical treatment, I agree that the appellants failed to establish that they were entitled to summary judgment.
*418Decided March 17, 1988.
Robert L. Goldstucker, for appellants.
Michael R. Hauptman, Robert G. Rothstein, Wade H. Watson III, for appellees.