*1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA M.D. Appeal Dkt. 44 MAP 2017 MIDDLE DISTRICT NANCY NICOLAOU AND NICHOLAS : No. 58 MAL 2017 NICOLAOU, :

: Petitioners : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Superior Court : v. :

: : JAMES J. MARTIN, M.D., LOUISE A. :

DILLONSYNDER, CRNP, JEFFREY D. :

GOULD, M.D., ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL, :

ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL AND HEALTH :

NETWORK, ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL :

UNION STATION MEDICAL SURGICAL :

CLINIC D/B/A ST. LUKE'S SOUTHSIDE :

MEDICAL CENTER, ST. LUKE'S :

ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL GROUP, :

AND NAZARETH FAMILY PRACTICE, :

: Respondents : ORDER PER CURIAM

AND NOW , this 18th day of August, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED . The issues, as stated by Petitioners, are:

a. Did the Trial Court err in granting Respondents’ Motion for

Summary Judgment and holding that Petitioners’ medical malpractice action was time barred under 42 Pa.C.S. § 5524(2) and did not meet the Discovery Rule Exception when Plaintiff did not, and was financially unable to, confirm Respondents’ negligent misdiagnosis until final medical testing confirmed she had Lyme Disease on February 13, 2010?

b. Did the Trial C ourt abuse its discretion in granting Respondents’

Motion for Summary Judgment when there was a genuine issue of material fact, which should be presented to a jury, as to whether Petitioners’ medical malpractice action is tolled from the running of the Statute of Limitations under 42 Pa.C.S. § 5524(2) by the Discovery Rule?

Justice Wecht did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.

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