Evanuik v. University of Pittsburgh

Opinion by

Price, J.,

This appeal follows a jury verdict which held Karen Fishell, the additional defendant below, liable to the plaintiff in negligence. The jury exculpated appellee, University of Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Institute *290and Clinic (WPIC) of liability, finding either that WPIC was not negligent or that WPIC’s negligence was not the proximate cause of the death of Darlene Dobrushin, the decedent. Post-trial motions were filed and denied by the lower court en banc.

On this appeal, appellant-administratrix of decedent’s estate, Kate Evanuik, alleges two errors which she believes…