Larch v. Haverford State Hospital

PALLADINO, Judge.

Robert- Larch (Appellant), administrator of the estate of Margaret Ann Larch (Decedent), appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) which granted Hosco Housekeeping, Inc.’s (Hosco’s) motion for a new trial, denied Appellant’s motion for judgment n.o.v. against Haverford State Hospital (Haverford),1 and dismissed Haverford as a party to the new trial. We affirm.

Decedent, while a patient at Haverford, ingested toilet bowl cleaner from an unattended housekeeping cart operated by Ernest Thomas, an employee of Hosco. Decedent suffered fatal…