HOLLAND v. NORRISTOWN STATE HOSP.


136 Pa.Commw. 655 (1990)

584 A.2d 1056

Polly Anne HOLLAND, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, NORRISTOWN STATE HOSPITAL, Appellee.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 18, 1990.

As Amended December 31, 1990.

As Amended January 16, 1991.

Rehearing Denied January 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen L. Daerr-Bannon, Philadelphia, for appellant.

John J. Calabro, Deputy Atty. Gen., with him, Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before PELLEGRINI and BYER, JJ., and BARBIERI, Senior Judge.


PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Polly Anne Holland (Holland) appeals from an Order of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas granting the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Norristown State Hospital's (Norristown) Motion for Summary Judgement and dismissing her Complaint.

Holland, a security attendant trainee-employee at Norristown, was assaulted and raped during the course of her employment by a committed psychiatric patient. Following the attack, the patient took Ms...

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