Judge v. Allentown & Sacred Heart Hospital Center

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

Appellant Thomas J. Judge, Sr., director of the Medical Professional Catastrophe Loss Fund (“Fund”) 1 initiated an action in assumpsit in Commonwealth Court against Appellees Allentown and Sacred Heart Hospital Center (“Hospital Center”) and the Hartford Insurance Group (“Hartford”). This is a direct appeal from the Commonwealth Court’s order sustaining Appellees’ preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer and dismissing Appellant’s amended complaint. 78 Pa.Cmwlth. 373, 467 A.2d 899. We now reverse.

The amended complaint sets forth the following allegations. On…