Trial Court Addresses Joinder of Additional Defendants in a Medical Malpractice Case

In the case of Gilbert v. UMPC Williamsport, No. CV-21-00,169 (C.P. Lyc. Co. Sept. 16, 2024 Lindhardt, J.), the court overruled Preliminary Objections filed by Additional Defendants relative to their joinder into this medical malpractice matter.

In so ruling, the court noted that, in this case involving alleged improper and negligent pre- and post-natal treatment to the Plaintiff and her child, the joinder of the Additional Defendants would be allowed where the statutes of limitations on the claims presented would not expire until several years in the future and, some of which, had not yet begun to run.

The court also noted that allowing the joinder to proceed would be the most sensible approach on the case presented in terms of judicial economy and other interests.

The court additionally found that the allegations in the Joinder Complaint were sufficiently clear to enable the Additional Defendants to prepare their defenses.

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Source: The Legal Intelligencer Common Pleas Case Alert. www.Law.com (Oct. 30, 2024).