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SHERK v. COUNTY OF DAUPHIN

531 Pa. 515 (1992)

614 A.2d 226

Thomas SHERK and Susan Sherk, His Wife, Appellants, v. COUNTY OF DAUPHIN, Mental Health and Retardation Services, Harrisburg State Hospital and Linda Weigel, Administrator of the Estate of Mark E. Jordan, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 18, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary M. Lightman, Harrisburg, for appellants.

John M. Abel, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellees.

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice:

Appellants, Thomas Sherk and Susan Sherk, his wife, appeal from an opinion and order of the Commonwealth Court, 128 Pa.Cmwlth. 150, 562 A.2d 1025, which reversed an order of Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County that overruled preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer raising the defense of sovereign immunity of appellee Harrisburg State Hospital. The...

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