Legal Opinion
Mattos v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 22, 1980No. 124 E.D. Misc. Docket 1979PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*387OPINION OF THE COURT
NIX, Justice.
This case presents us with a renewed challenge to the Pennsylvania Health Care Services Malpractice (Act).1 We upheld the constitutionality of this Act in Parker v. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 483 Pa. 106, 394 A.2d 932 (1978), with the caveat that “[i]t is an accepted principle of constitutional law that deference to a coequal branch of government requires that we accord a reasonable period of .. . time to test the effectiveness of legislation.” Id., 483 Pa. at 121, 394 A.2d at 940.
After our decision in Parker, petitioner Mattos filed an action in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- American Federation of Labor v. American Sash & Door Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Flightways Corp. v. Keystone Helicopter Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Parker v. Children's Hospital of Phila.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Smith CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- Moore v. JamiesonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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3Cited by70 opinions
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- Rosemarie T. Schwilm, Administratrix of the Estate of Carrol A. Schwilm, Deceased v. Thomas J. Holbrook, M.D. And Cabell Huntington HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Maurin v. HallWisconsin Supreme Court · 2004
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