Legal Opinion

Christini v. Cumberland Transit Authority

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County

Decided June 15, 1979No. 155 S of 1979Published

1Opinion of the Court

DOWLING, J.,

Can chiropractors escape from the labyrinth? In attempting to emerge from the mazes, false passages, trap doors and reeking oubliettes of the No-fault Act what can we substitute for the silken thread of Ariadne which guided Thesus to the surface?

A demurrer has entangled these practitioners in the statutory web. The act1 permits damages for noneconomic detriment2 if the accident necessitates “medical and dental services” in excess of $750.3 Plaintiffs have met the quantity but defend*351ant challenges the quality because all moneys were expended for chiropratic services.

It is the act…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. HOWE v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  2. Commonwealth v. SchatzbergCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  3. Commonwealth v. Pennsylvania Chiropractic SocietyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. Miller v. LeopoldCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976

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