Court Opinion

ID: 9710262
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 04:05:22.4089+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:20:27.361740
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Justice NIGRO,
concurring.
As Appellee failed to submit her expert reports within the time allotted in the case management order and, without such reports, was unable to make out a prima facie case of medical malpractice, I agree with the majority that the trial court properly granted summary judgment in Appellant’s favor. On the other hand, for the reasons stated in my dissenting opinion in Gerrow v. John Royle & Sons, 5 EAP 2001, J-124-2001, 2002 WL 31915024 (Pa.2002), I disagree that Appellee could have avoided the expert report deadline by attaching untimely reports to her summary judgment response pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 1035.3(b).