Legal Opinion
Legal Capital, LLC v. Medical Professional Liability Catastrophe Loss Fund
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 6, 1997No. 1785 C.D. 1997PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Judge.
Legal Capital, LLC, and Charles I. Artz, Esquire (Legal Capital) petition for review from the Medical Professional Liability Catastrophic Loss Fund’s (CAT Fund) denial of a request made by Legal Capital pursuant to the Act commonly known as the Right-to-Know Act, Act of June 21, P.L. 390, as amended, 65 P.S. §§ 66.1—66.4, for access to certain records relating to the settlement of medical malpractice claims. Legal Capital questions whether the CAT Fund lacked just cause when it refused Legal Capital’s request to inspect and to copy certain records in the possession of the CAT…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Marvel v. DALRYMPLECommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Lamolinara v. BARGERCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Patients of Philadelphia State Hospital v. Commonwealth, Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Travaglia v. Department of CorrectionsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Anders v. COM., DEPT. OF TREASURYCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Rosser v. Feldman, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County1998
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