Pennsylvania Medical Society Liability Insurance v. Commonwealth, Medical Professional Liability Catastrophe Loss Fund

804 A.2d 1267 (2002)

PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner,

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY CATASTROPHE LOSS FUND, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued June 12, 2002.

Decided August 19, 2002.

As Amended September 18, 2002.

Kenneth A. Murphy, Philadelphia, for petitioner.

Zella Smith Anderson, Harrisburg, for respondent.

BEFORE: COLINS, President Judge, SMITH-RIBNER, Judge, PELLEGRINI, Judge, FRIEDMAN, Judge, LEADBETTER, Judge, COHN, Judge, and LEAVITT, Judge.

OPINION BY Judge PELLEGRINI.

Before this Court are preliminary…