circumstances surrounding the malpractice claim in Pennsylvania

2025Generally, where the circumstances surrounding the malpractice claim are beyond the knowledge of the average layperson, . . . the plaintiff is . . . required to present an expert witness who will testify, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, that the acts of the physician deviated from good and acceptable medical standards, and that such deviation was the proximate cause of the harm suffered[.] Id. at 510 (citations omitted).

2024Vicari[ v. Spiegel, 936 A.2d 503 ,] 510 [(Pa. Super. 2007)].

2008The “plaintiff is ... required to present an expert witness who will testify, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, that the acts of the physician deviated from good and acceptable medical standards, and that such deviation was the proximate cause of the harm suffered.” Mitzelfelt v. Kamrin, 526 Pa. 54 , 584 A.2d 888, 892 (1990).

2007Moreover, “where the circumstances surrounding the malpractice claim are beyond the knowledge of the average layperson, as in the instant case[,]” Vogelsberger v. Magee-Womens Hosp. of UPMC Health Sys., 903 A.2d 540 , 563 n. 11 (Pa.Super.2006), the “plaintiff is also required to present an expert witness who will testify, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, that the acts of the physician deviated from good and acceptable medical standards, and that such deviation was the proximate cause of the harm suffered[,]” Mitzelfelt, 584 A.2d at 892 . ¶ 18 Additionally, a “medical opinion need o

2007Moreover, “where the circumstances surrounding the malpractice claim are beyond the knowledge of the average layperson, as in the instant case[,]” Vogelsberger v. Magee-Womens Hosp. of UPMC Health Sys., 903 A.2d 540 , 563 n. 11 (Pa.Super.2006), the “plaintiff is also required to present an expert witness who will testify, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, that the acts of the physician deviated from good and acceptable medical standards, and that such deviation was the proximate cause of the harm suffered[,]” Mitzelfelt, 584 A.2d at 892 . ¶ 18 Additionally, a “medical opinion need o

2007Moreover, “where the circumstances surrounding the malpractice claim are beyond the knowledge of the average layperson, as in the instant case[,]” Vogelsberger v. Magee-Womens Hosp. of UPMC Health Sys., 903 A.2d 540 , 563 n. 11 (Pa.Super.2006), the “plaintiff is also required to present an expert witness who will testify, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, that the acts of the physician deviated from good and acceptable medical standards, and that such deviation was the proximate cause of the harm suffered[,]” Mitzelfelt, 584 A.2d at 892 . ¶ 18 Additionally, a “medical opinion need o

2007See also Billman v. Saylor, 761 A.2d 1208, 1212 (Pa.Super.2000) (“[WJhere the plaintiff is unable to show to a reasonable degree of medical certainty that the physician’s actions/omissions caused the resulting harm, but is able to show to a reasonable degree of medical certainty that the physician’s actions/omissions increased the risk of harm, the question of whether the conduct caused the ultimate injury should be submitted to the jury”); Montgomery v. South Philadelphia Med.