
    439 A.2d 1248
    Robert Bruce TARNEF v. EUGENIA HOSPITAL and Dr. John Wozniak. Appeal of Dr. John WOZNIAK.
    Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
    Argued June 2, 1981.
    Filed Jan. 19, 1982.
    Harold B. Marcus, Philadelphia, for appellant.
    Mark Mendel, Philadelphia, for Tarnef, appellee.
    Walter J. Timby, Jr., Philadelphia, for Eugenia, appellee.
    Before McEWEN, MONTEMURO and SHERTZ, JJ.
    
      
       Shertz, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.
    
   PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from an order denying a motion for new trial and judgment n.o.v. In light of the fact that the order has not been reduced to judgment and docketed, we cannot consider the merits of appellant’s contentions. “An order denying a motion for a new trial . . . does not constitute an appealable order.” Pa.R.A.P. 301(c). Therefore, this appeal is premature and must be quashed. Slagter v. Mix, 441 Pa. 272, 272 A.2d 885 (1971); Richard v. Chester Extended Care Center, 287 Pa.Super. 289, 430 A.2d 290 (1981); Brogley v. Chambersburg Engineering Co., 283 Pa.Super. 562, 424 A.2d 952 (1981).

The appeal is quashed. 
      
      . Neither appellant nor appellee filed a praecipe that the lower court’s order should be reduced to judgment and docketed.
     