Legal Opinion
Werner v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 3, 1987No. Appeal, No. 83 T.D. 1986PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,
Charles Werner and his mother, Odette Werner, plaintiffs below, appeal a Delaware County Common Pleas Court order denying their motion for a new trial following a jury verdict in favor of the Commonwealths Department of Public Welfare (DPW). We affirm.
Charles Werner, a psychiatric patient at Haverford State Hospital, committed self-mutilation by removing his eye with a blunt stick several hours after he was re*136leased from prescribed leather restraints. The Werners’ complaint alleged essentially that the DPW-administered hospital was negligent in treating…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Kaczkowski v. BolubaszSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- McCay v. Philadelphia Electric Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
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