Legal Opinion
Firich v. American Cystoscope Makers, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 18, 1980No. 80-1195PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff brought this diversity suit against the manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of an allegedly defective surgical device that injured him during a medical procedure. After the defendants joined the doctor who performed the procedure and the hospital in which it was performed as third-party defendants, the district court dismissed the entire suit on the ground that the Pennsylvania Health Care Services Malpractice Act, Pa.Stat.Ann. tit. 40, §§ 1301.-101-1301.1006 (Purdon’s Supp. 1980-81)(the Act), gave the Pennsylvania…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Gibson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Mattos v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Edelson v. SoricelliCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Firich v. American Cystoscope Makers, Inc.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1980
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Walker v. PuglieseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- SECK BY SECK v. HamrangDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1987
- David A. Firich v. The American Cystoscope Makers, Inc., a Corporation American Hospital Supply Corporation, a Corporation v. Mueller Company, a Corporation Stuart's Drug& Surgical Supply, Inc., a Corporation v. Robert W. Doebler and Sewickley Valley HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Ganzy v. ProvanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982