Legal Opinion

Legal Capital, LLC. v. Medical Professional Liability Catastrophe Loss Fund

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 1, 2000No. 185 M.D. Appeal Docket 1998 and 10 M.D. Appeal Docket 1999PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

CASTILLE, Justice.

These consolidated appeals present this Court with the novel issues of whether the Medical Professional Liability *338Catastrophe Loss Fund (“CAT Fund”) is authorized and obligated to make direct payments to appellant Legal Capital, LLC., when a medical malpractice plaintiff obtains a judgment against the CAT Fund and the plaintiff assigns the interest in the judgment to Legal Capital and whether the CAT Fund enjoys sovereign immunity, thereby preventing Legal Capital from obtaining declaratory judgment on the issue of whether the CAT Fund must honor judgment…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Fawber v. CohenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Wilkinsburg Police Officers Ass'n ex rel. Harder v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  3. Horbal v. Moxham National BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  4. Commonwealth v. Joint Bargaining Committee for Pennsylvania Social Services UnionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. Judge v. Allentown & Sacred Heart Hospital CenterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

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3Cited by35 opinions

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  5. Pentlong Corp. v. GLS Capital, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003

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