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[J-117-2009] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, GREENSPAN, JJ.

RODGER A. FREED, Appellee

v.

GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER, AND HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION, FORMERLY KNOWN AS HEALTHSOUTH REHABILITATION CORPORATION, AND HEALTHSOUTH OF NITTANY VALLEY, INC., T/D/B/A/ HEALTHSOUTH NITTANY VALLEY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL, Appellants

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No. 77 MAP 2007 Appeal from the order of the Superior Court dated September 29, 2006, at No. 819 MDA 2005 reversing the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County at No. 200-2613 910 A.2d 68 (Pa. Super. 2006) REARGUED: December 2, 2009

OPINION ON REARGUMENT

MADAME JUSTICE TODD

DECIDED: September 29, 2010

The background of this matter, in which we granted reargument, is set forth in Freed v. Geisinger Medical Center, et al., 601 Pa. 233, 971 A.2d 1202 (2009), wherein this Court affirmed the Superior Court's reversal of the trial court's grant of a compulsory nonsuit in favor of Defendants Geisinger Medical Center and HealthSouth Corporation (collectively, "Geisinger"). Therein, we addressed whether, as a matter law, a nurse may testify in a negligence action that a breach of the nursing standard of care caused a plaintiff's medical condition. Ultimately, we held that an otherwise competent and properly qualified nurse is

not prohibited by the Professional Nursing Law, 63 P.S.

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