Legal Opinion
Clark v. Hoerner
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 2, 1987No. 821PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
Sharon Clark died on January 1, 1981. The cause of death was pneumonia. Her parents filed wrongful death and survival actions against Dr. Oscar Hoerner and his employer, the Harrisburg Hospital, alleging that Hoerner had failed to detect and correctly diagnose Sharon’s condition in adequate time to save her life.
The evidence offered at trial showed that Sharon had been examined for the first time by Dr. Hoerner on December 26, 1980. He diagnosed the malady of the fifteen year old girl as influenza and prescribed antihistamines and Tylenol. He gave Sharon permission to travel…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Fisher v. DyeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Kemp v. QuallsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
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