Seebold v. Prison Health Services, Inc.

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

In this appeal, we consider whether a physician who treats prison inmates has a duty at common law to warn specific corrections officers that a particular inmate has a communicable disease.

*1234I. Background

Appellee Michelle Seebold filed suit against Appellant Prison Health Services, Inc. (“PHS”), advancing a single cause of action expressly grounded on negligence theory. According to the complaint, in January 2005 PHS was providing medical services at the State Correctional Institution at Muncy pursuant to a contract with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (“DOC”).…