IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MIDDLE DISTRICT
BRENTON D. BISHER AND CARLA S. : No. 543 MAL 2020
BISHER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS :
ADMINISTRATORS OF THE ESTATE OF :
CORY ALLEN BISHER, DECEASED, : Petition for Allowance of Appeal
: from the Order of the Superior
Petitioners : Court
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:
v. :
:
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LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK, :
INC., LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL, INC., :
LEHIGH VALLEY ANESTHESIA :
SERVICES, PC, LVPG PULMONARY AND :
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, DR. BRIAN :
CIVIC, DR. DOROTHEA WATSON, DR. :
JENNIFER STROW, DR. BONNIE PATEK, :
DR. FREDERIC STELZER, EASTERN :
PENNSYLVANIA GASTROENTEROLOGY :
AND LIVER SPECIALISTS, PC, AND :
NORMA D. WILSON, CRNA, :
:
Respondents :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 31st day of March, 2021, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is
GRANTED. The issues, as stated by petitioner, are:
(1) Did the Superior Court err in quashing Petitioners’ appeal based upon the Superior
Court’s finding that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the appeal as it relates to the Estate
of Cory Allen Bisher because the Estate’s Complaint was void ab initio, where the
trial court permitted a non-attorney to represent the Estate until the statute of
limitations had expired?
(2) Did the Superior Court err in quashing Petitioners’ appeal based upon the Superior
Court’s holding that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the appeal as it relates to pro se
litigants Carla Bisher and Brenton Bisher because of an improper verification, an
issue raised sua sponte by the Superior Court?
(3) Did the Superior Court err in ruling that the Certificates of Merit at issue in the
instant case were deficient where the Certificates of Merit met the legal
requirements of Pa.R.C.P. 1042.3 and the MCARE Act?
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