Rose v. Wissinger

WICKERSHAM, Judge:

This appeal was taken from a lower court order sustaining appellees’ preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer and dismissing appellants’ complaint. We agree with the Honorable Ralph H. Smith, Jr. of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County that appellants did not set forth a cognizable theory in their complaint upon which they may seek recovery under the law of Pennsylvania, and we, accordingly, affirm the lower court order dismissing that complaint.

The relevant facts may be summarized as follows. While a patient at St. Francis General Hospital, Inc.…