Christini v. Cumberland Transit Authority
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County
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
- HOWE v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Commonwealth v. SchatzbergCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. Pennsylvania Chiropractic SocietyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Miller v. LeopoldCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976