Moser v. Heistand

OPINION OF THE COURT

NEWMAN, Justice.

We granted allocatur in this matter to determine whether the doctrine of corporate liability adopted in Thompson v. Nason Hospital, 527 Pa. 330, 591 A.2d 703 (1991), applies to state owned medical facilities under the medical-professional liability exception to sovereign immunity, 42 Pa.C.S. § 8522(b)(2). We hold that sovereign immunity precludes a cause of action based on corporate liability against Commonwealth medical facilities.

On September 4, 1990, Karyl L. Moser fractured her right lower leg and ankle. She received treatment at the emergency room of…