Szwerc, M. v. Lehigh Valley Health Network

Opinion

M.D. Appeal Dkt. 10 - 2021

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

MICHAEL F. SZWERC, M.D., : No. 443 MAL 2020 :

Petitioner :

: Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court v. :

: :

LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK, : INC. D/B/A LEHIGH VALLEY NETWORK; : LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL, INC., D/B/A : LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK AND : LEHIGH VALLEY HEART AND LUNG : SURGEONS; LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN : GROUP, AFFILIATED WITH THE LEHIGH : VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK D/B/A : LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP AND : LEHIGH VALLEY HEART AND LUNG : SURGEONS; SPECIALTY PHYSICIANS OF : LVHN, P.C. D/B/A LEHIGH VALLEY HEART : AND LUNG SURGEONS; MICHAEL D. : PASQUALE, M.D.; MICHAEL A. ROSSI, : M.D.; AND THOMAS V. WHALEN, M.D., :

:

Respondents :

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 17th day of February, 2021, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal

is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:

Whether the Superior Court erred in affirming the [t]rial [c]ourt’s [o]rder denying [Petitioner’s] Motion for Attorney[s’] Fees and Costs Incurred in Appeal and Collection of Judgment on the basis that such [m]otion was untimely and/or that the [t]rial [c]ourt lacked jurisdiction to consider same?