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MOSER v. HEISTAND

545 Pa. 554 (1996)

681 A.2d 1322

Karyl L. MOSER and Robert E. Moser, h/w, Appellants, v. Dr. Landis C. HEISTAND, M.D. and Ashland State General Hospital and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare and Ashland Regional Medical Center, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 31, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley J. Brassington, John N. Rightmyer, Philadelphia, for appellant Karyl Moser.

Joseph A. Lach, Wilkes Barre, for appellee Dr. Heistand.

Gerhard Schwaibold, Harrisburg, for Commonwealth.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO and NEWMAN, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

NEWMAN, Justice.

We granted allocatur in this matter to determine whether the doctrine of corporate liability adopted in Thompson v. Nason Hospital, 527 Pa. 330, 591 A.2d 703 (1991), applies to state owned medical facilities under the medical-professional liability exception to sovereign immunity, 42 Pa.C.S. § 8522(b)(2). We hold that sovereign immunity...

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