Prevish v. Northwest Medical Center—Oil City Campus

CIRILLO, President Judge Emeritus,

dissenting:

I cannot agree with the conclusion the majority has reached today; it has sacrificed common sense for the sake of hypertechnicality. Specifically, I must take umbrage with the majority’s conclusion that section 3376 of Pennsylvania’s Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code is inapplicable to causes of action. See 20 Pa.C.S.A 3376. I must, therefore, respectfully dissent.

Section 3376 provides:

Any statute of limitations which would bar any debt or liability owed the estate of a decedent after the decedent’s death shall be extended until the end of one…