Legal Opinion

Thompson v. Nason Hospital

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 7, 1988No. 0005PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MONTGOMERY, Judge:

This is an appeal from the order entered by the trial court granting summary judgment in favor of the Defendant-Appellee Nason Hospital (Nason). The Plaintiff-Appellants raise three issues for our consideration. For the reasons which follow, we are constrained to reverse the order of the lower court.

We begin our review of this case by recalling that summary judgment is controlled by Pa.R.C.P. 1035(b) which, in pertinent part, states:

The judgment sought shall be rendered if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Hamil v. BashlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. Darling v. Charleston Community Memorial HospitalIllinois Supreme Court · 1965
  3. Bing v. ThunigNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
  4. Burnside v. Abbott LaboratoriesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  5. Capan v. Divine Providence HospitalSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Thompson v. Nason HospitalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  2. Overly v. KassSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  3. Ponzini v. PrimeCare Medical, Inc.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2017
  4. Dorohovich v. West American InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  5. Boyd v. Albert Einstein Medical CenterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988

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