Legal Opinion
Walters v. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 19, 2018No. 15 WAP 2017; No. 16 WAP 2017; No. 17 WAP 2017; No. 18 WAP 2017; No. 19 WAP 2017; No. 20 WAP 2017; No. 21 WAP 2017; No. 22 WAP 2017PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.
OPINION
JUSTICE WECHT
*219In these consolidated cases, we granted allowance of appeal to determine whether and to what extent a hospital and a health care staffing agency have a legal duty to prevent a terminated employee from causing harm to patients at another health care facility.
Plaintiffs claim that David Kwiatkowski, a radiology technician formerly employed at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital ("UPMC"), who was placed there by staffing agency Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc. ("Maxim"), engaged in the diversion and substitution of…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Tarasoff v. Regents of University of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
- Gonzales v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Feld v. MerriamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Sinn v. BurdSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
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