Legal Opinion

West Penn Allegheny Health System v. Medical Care Availability & Reduction of Error Fund

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 21, 2010PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

President Judge LEADBETTER.

West Penn Allegheny Health System d/b/a Allegheny General Hospital (Allegheny General) has filed an application for summary relief in its declaratory judgment action filed against the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Fund (MCARE Fund) and Kiana Townes, a minor, in this Court’s original jurisdiction. The MCARE Fund has also filed a cross-application for summary relief. We are asked to decide whether the MCARE Fund’s obligation under Section 715 of “the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Act” (MCARE Act), Act of March…

2Cases cited23 opinions

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