Vattimo v. Lower Bucks Hospital, Inc.

502 Pa. 241 (1983)

465 A.2d 1231

Charles VATTIMO and Doris Vattimo his wife, on their own behalf and Doris Vattimo, as Guardian Ad Litem for James Vattimo, an incompetent, Appellee,

v.

LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued April 18, 1983.

Decided September 28, 1983.

Fredric D. Rubin, Newton, for appellant.

William E. Fairall, Jr., Bristol, for appellee.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

On August 14, 1976 James Vattimo was admitted to the Lower Bucks…