Legal Opinion
In re Estate of Wagner
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 17, 2005PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice EAKIN.
This Court granted review to determine whether the Commonwealth Court erred in holding appellees, administrators of the Estate of Andrew Jonathan Wagner, could subpoena from the Department of Public Welfare (DPW), a copy of a performance audit generated by DPW’s investigation into the death of 14-month-old Andrew Jonathan Wagner. We hold such document is a statutorily-defined performance audit and beyond the scope of discovery by the administrators; accordingly, we reverse.
On February 18, 1999, decedent sustained fatal injuries while in the care of a babysitter.1…
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