CAROL HYRCZA, EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF MARGARET MAHUNIK, DECEASED, v. WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.; ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL;

CAROL HYRCZA, EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF MARGARET MAHUNIK, DECEASED, v. WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.; ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL; SUBURBAN GENERAL HOSPITAL CO., INC.; SUBURBAN GENERAL HOSPITAL; ALLEGHENY INTEGRATED HEALTH GROUP; CRANBERRY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES; WEXFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE; HILLARY A. STROUD, M.D.; BRUCE E. CONWAY, M.D.; HEALTH SOUTH CORPORATION; CHOICECARE PHYSICIANS, P.C.; YVETTE C. ROSS HEBRON, M.D.; ASSOCIATED NEUROLOGISTS-UPMC; ASSOCIATED NEUROLOGISTS, INC.; HASSAN HASSORI, M.D.; and JONATHAN E. ARTZ, M.D. APPEAL OF: YVETTE C. ROSS HEBRON, M.D. CHOICECARE PHYSICIANS, P.C. No. 135 and 136 WDA 2008 2009 PA Super 119 Atlantic: n/a Petition for Reargument Denied 9/11/2009 Filed: 7/1/2009
	Appeal from the Judgment entered January 3, 2008, Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, Civil Division at No. GD-03-010989
Before: FORD ELLIOTT, P.J., DONOHUE and COLVILLE*, JJ.
Opinion by: DONOHUE, J.
Yvette C. Ross Hebron, M.D. (“Dr. Hebron”) and ChoiceCare Physicians, P.C. (“ChoiceCare”) (collectively, “Appellants”) appeal from the January 3, 2008 order entering a judgment in the amount of approximately $8.6 million on a jury verdict in favor of Carol Hyrcza (“Hyrcza”), executrix of the estate of Margaret Mahunik (“the Decedent”), and against Appellants. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

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