NORMAN L. KRAPF, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF IRENE E. KRAPF, DECEASED v. ST. LUKE’S HOSPITAL AND ST. LUKE’S HOSPITAL AND HEALTH NET

NORMAN L. KRAPF, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF IRENE E. KRAPF, DECEASED v. ST. LUKE’S HOSPITAL AND ST. LUKE’S HOSPITAL AND HEALTH NETWORK AND CHARLES CULLEN No. 2958, 2959, 2960, 2961 2962 EDA 2009 2010 PA Super 132 Atlantic: n/a Filed: 7/27/2010
	Appeal from the Order June 30, 2009 in the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County Civil Division at No(s): No. 2005-C-2367V
Before: GANTMAN, SHOGAN, and MUNDY, JJ.
Opinion by: MUNDY, J.
Appellant, St. Luke’s Hospital and St. Luke’s Hospital and Health Network (hereinafter referred to collectively as St. Luke’s), appeals from the order entered on June 30, 2009 denying its motion for summary judgment. Appellees represent the estates of five separate decedents in wrongful death and survival actions filed against St. Luke’s pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 8301 and 8302. Those Appellees include Norman L. Krapf, executor of the estate of Irene E. Krapf, Alverta M. Spangler, executrix of the estate of Samuel S. Spangler, Monica L. Galgon, executrix of the estate of Paul F. Galgon, You Young Park, administratrix of the estate of William M. Park, and Ruthanne M. Svetecz, executrix of the estate of Audrey George, who was the executrix of the estate of Daniel W. George. Appellees’ decedents were patients at St. Luke’s while Charles Cullen was employed as a nurse by the hospital in its coronary care unit. After careful review, we affirm the trial court’s denial of summary judgment in favor of St. Luke’s.

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